"there is no ascent to the heights without prior descent into darkness, no new life without some form of death."

-- Karen Armstrong

#Darkness Quotes #New Life Quotes #Ascent Quotes

“The opposite of a leader isn't a follower. The opposite of a leader is a pessimist.”

Source : Marcus Buckingham (2008). “The One Thing You Need to Know: ... About Great Managing, Great Leading and Sustained Individual Success”, p.66, Simon and Schuster
“There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants.”
“Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.”

Source : Said after studying the Ptolemaic system (attributed)
“It's hard to resist a bad boy who's a good man.”
“I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.”
“Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Donâ€™t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, itâ€™s the greatest instrument youâ€™ll ever own.”
“I think that we had a really loyal, great audience on Tuesdays and we were hoping that with the move, they would come with us. It looks like they have, so things are good and we are going to keep building.”
“We may find the Divine to be 3,000 times what we think it is now. It's like asking the tulip there to explain you. The tulip is a beautiful creation, with millions of atoms cooperating with each other to produce great beauty, but ask that tulip to talk about you, and it can't do it. It doesn't have those perceptive abilities. Wouldn't it be conceited to suggest that I had the abilities to describe the deity?”

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