All Quotes By Tag: Writing
“What’s the use of having a great book if you have a lousy life? These days, especially, having a great life can easily translate into a great book.”
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“When a writer takes on the task of exploring the world of the spirit, she has invited a process that will change her permanently. If she has done her work well, it will change her readers too.”
“The False Self constructs all sorts of layers of ego and angst and striving and foolishness, while the True Self, deep at the center of a person, waits for the time when the False Self will die and allow the real life to begin.”
“The real prayer is your own soul-tending. It’s not the writing that needs prayer – it’s you. You need to find the center that is still and strengthening. You need to deal with whatever issue is dogging you today, whether it’s anxiety about your teenager or resistance to the topic you are trying to write.”
“In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is usurped by the divisive politics of religious organizations, and when broken hearts bleed pain in darkness without the relief of compassion, the voice of an exceptional poet producing exceptional work is not something the world can afford to dismiss.”
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“Creativity – like human life itself – begins in darkness”
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“What “wasting time” means? At the time we glorify self instead of glorify God, at that time we are wasting our time as… God is Time.”
“The world is administered by rich but it is constructed by poor.”
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“Principles in a poor is admirable as politeness in a prince.”
“Mañana, y mañana, y mañana se arrastra con paso mezquino día tras día hasta la sílaba final del tiempo escrito, y la luz de todo nuestro ayer guió a los bobos hacia el polvo de la muerte. ¡Apágate, apágate breve llama! La vida es una sombra que camina, un pobre actor que en escena se arrebata y contonea y nunca más se le oye. Es un cuento que cuenta un idiota, lleno de ruido y de furia, que no significa nada.”
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“When wealth goes only happiness goes, when health goes even the hope goes.”
“One who doesn’t recognise an opportunity is bigger loser than one who tries his hand at an opportunity.”
“You can not control the thought, but you can control the tongue.”
“War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides.”
“Seed becomes tree, son becomes stranger.”