"Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree."

-- Ezra Pound

#Inspirational Quotes #Hygiene Quotes #Degrees Quotes

“I believe in evolution in the sense that a short-tempered man is the successor of a crybaby.”
“If we are to reclaim our culture, we cannot afford narrow definitions.”
“For all filmmakers: True originality is the key, only direct your own unique movie scripts, be a megalomaniac and not give a damn.”
“Cultural expectations shade and color the images that parents-to-be form. The baby product ads, showing a woman serenely holding her child, looking blissfully and mysteriously contented, or the television parents, wisely and humorously solving problems, influence parents-to-be.”

Source : Ellen Galinsky (1981). “Between generations: the six stages of parenthood”, Smithmark Pub
“There was a time when I believed in the story and the scheme of salvation, so far as I could understand it, just as I believed there was a Devil... Suddenly the light broke through to me and I knew this God was a lie... For indeed it is a silly story, and each generation nowadays swallows it with greater difficulty... Why do people go on pretending about this Christianity?”
“I know nothing which can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of sorrow and grief; so speak peace to the winds of trial, as a devout musing upon the subject of the Godhead.”
“Passion is all but soft, it's not tender, it's violence to which you get hooked by pleasure.”
“The critical element in meditation practice is beginning again. Everyone loses focus at times, everyone loses interest at times, and everyone gets distracted over and over again. What is essential, and also incredibly transforming, is realizing that we have the ability to begin again, without blaming or judging ourselves, without thinking we have failed, without losing heart, we can, and need to, constantly be beginning again.”

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