"This severe, ascetic music, calm and horizontal as the line of the ocean, monotonous by virtue of its serenity, anti-sensuous, and yet so intense in its contemplativeness that it verges sometimes on ecstasy."

-- Charles Gounod

#Music Quotes #Ocean Quotes #Serenity Quotes

“There are a lot of wankers, and a lot of people who think they are really hardcore and cool but they're not.”
“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.”

Source : James Allen (2016). “The James Allen Companion”, p.312, Simon and Schuster
“I suppose sometimes it takes getting lost to enjoy the joy of being found”

Source : FaceBook post by Tricia Goyer from Aug 16, 2013
“I asked my girlfriend, 'Will you marry me?' She said, 'We'll have to ask my father.' So we had a seance and Jack Ruby says, 'Hello!'”
“I heard a rumor that your mom and dad ran away from home.”
“I've never crashed a wedding. When I was a kid I, of course, used to crash parties. Crashing a wedding is difficult though because you have to have the suit, and you have to have information in case someone catches you. You have to know at least some names and something.”
“I always look at things as, instead of a problem, how is this an opportunity?”
“There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition”

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