Art Quotes - Page 73

This self-respect and sense of self-worth, the innermost armament of the soul, lies at the heart of humanness; to be deprived of it is to be dehumanized, to be cleaved from, and cast below, mankind.

Some may wonder why I chose wildflowers when there are hunger and unemployment and the big bomb in the world. Well, I, for one, think we will survive, and I hope that along the way we can keep alive our experience with the flowering earth. For the bounty of nature is also one of the deep needs of man.

Since God has given me a cheerful heart, He will forgive me for serving Him cheerfully.

I don't drink much and I smoke very little. I guess my only bad habit is robbing banks. Now you see, fellas, I ain't such a bad guy at heart.

Bryl-cream, a little dab will do you.

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

Love can be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.

For as long as you can remember, you have been a pleaser, depending on others to give you an identity. You need not look at that only in a negative way. You wanted to give your heart to others, and you did so quickly and easily. But now you are being asked to let go of all these self-made props and trust that God is enough for you. You must stop being a pleaser and reclaim your identity as a free self.

Love changes darkness into light and makes the heart take a wingless flight.

What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!

Weather forecast for tonight: dark.

Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life-rafts.

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require.

Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.

Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.

Love overcomes, love delights, those who love the Sacred Heart rejoice.

Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap Drawn from Earth's prolific lap.

Never give up. There is always hope, there is always life. You've just gotta open your heart to it. Live in love.

I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.

Art must discover and reveal the beauty which prejudice and caricature have overlaid.

In parting, I would like to give you one small piece of advice to keep in your heart. You may have heard me say this before, but it is the key point of the entire path, so it bears repeating: All that we are looking for in life — all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind — is right here in the present moment. Our very own awareness is itself fundamentally pure and good. The only problem is that we get so caught up in the ups and downs of life that we don’t take the time to pause and notice what we already have.

If people could see into my heart, I should almost feel ashamed - all there is cold, cold as ice.

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart; I breathe at this hour the fragrance of the lilacs, the violets, and the roses, as at twenty years ago.

Love, when it is pure, has a revitalizing effect upon others, and in the presence of a truly loving person others grow and expand into a healthier state of being. Without deep reverence for the beloved, such a refreshing stream cannot flow from the heart of the lover.

Absorption in worldly affairs breeds darkness in the heart, and absorption in the affairs of the next world enkindles light in the heart