"Our intention is to affirm this life, not to bring order out of chaos, nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply to wake up to the very life we're living, which is so excellent once one gets one's mind and desires out of its way and lets it act of it's own accord."

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Source : John Cage (2010). “Silence: Lectures and Writings”, p.109, Wesleyan University Press

John Cage

#Order Quotes #Mind Quotes #Desire Quotes

“I believe in God, but I'm not too clear on the other details.”
“Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.”

Source : Equus (1973) act 2, sc. 35
“There are mornings when all men experience with fatigue a flush of tenderness that makes them horny.”

Source : Jean Genet (1994). “Our Lady of the Flowers”, p.38, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Writing lets you step back and think through a problem. Even the angriest rant forces the writer to achieve a degree of thoughtfulness.”
“Anybody can do their best, but we are helped by the Spirit of God to do better than our best.”
“I don't believe that I personally have been changed by the money. The bad thing is people assume you've changed because now you have money.”
“The whole government is a Ponzi scheme.”

Source : "The Madoff Tapes". Interview with Steve Fishman, nymag.com. February 27, 2011.
“In the absence of a great dream pettiness prevails. Shred visions foster risk taking, courage and innovation. Keeping the end in mind creates the confidence to make decisions even in moments of crisis.”

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