Quotes
Quotes about Art
Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.
I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilized.
Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy.
The heart resolves this matter in a trice, "Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.
I am an expert in hookers. I'm an expert in doormats. I'm an expert in victims. They were the best parts. And when I woke upâsociologically, politically, and creativelyâI could no longer take those parts and look in the mirror.
We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms, Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms.
If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Domestic and social violence usually starts off with a few angry words and a few hurt feelings that don't get resolved, then escalates into feelings of betrayal, rage and revenge. Inner feelings of rage soon spill over into all aspects of society. Social stress multiplies daily with every new report of political upheaval, child abuse, drug abuse, workplace violence, children bringing guns to school, homelessness, ethnic wars or some other crisis. The root cause of a lot of these social stresses is the inner violence created by dysfunctional communication between the heart and the mind. As social stress increases, we're faced with a choice: Retreat into fear and isolation, become angry and bitter, try to ignore it all, or take responsibility for our own stress reactions. Bobby Jagdev For peace, we must prepare for war. Slade Whitfield -Doc Childre.
A blossom of returning light, An April flower of sun and dew; The earth and sky, the day and night Are melted in her depth of blue!
Winds wanders, and dews drip earthward; Rains fall, suns rise and set; Earth whirls, and all but to prosper A poor little violet.
The violets were past their prime, Yet their departing breath Was sweeter, in the blast of death, Than all the lavish fragrance of the time.
Hath the pearl less whiteness Because of its birth? Hath the violet less brightness For growing near earth?
One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.
What shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart.
Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.
The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.
The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see.
Vision: the art of seeing things invisible.
The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
I wonder if ever a song was sung but the singer's heart sang sweeter! I wonder if ever a rhyme was rung but the thought surpassed the meter! I wonder if ever a sculptor wrought till the cold stone echoed his ardent thought! Or, if ever a painter with light and shade the dream of his inmost heart portrayed!
