"We the mortals touch the metals,the wind, the ocean shores, the stones,knowing they will go on, inert or burning,and I was discovering, naming all the these things:it was my destiny to love and say goodbye."
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"Death & Poetry Nothing softens the blow of death like a cushy poem to fall upon."
"I believe we are more ready to embrace our lives in the here and now when we are able to recognize the continuity between the immanence of God in our world and eternity. Rather than simply waiting to be liberated to another time or place, we are being invited to collaborate in the healing and redemption of our world."
"The past is made out of facts... I guess the future is just hope."
"We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone."
"Words may be false and full of art; Sighs are the natural language of the heart."
"My own interest in art was because of my mother. My father didn't like contemporary art, so he didn't give her large sums to spend. So, she began buying prints and drawings. During my school days, I remember sitting in on many of the early meetings."
"The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also."
"I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon."
"I am a happy camper so I guess I’m doing something right. Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder."
"Hopefully, when people see 'Senna', they will understand why this inspirational story needed to be told, why it had to be made as a movie for the big screen, and why it is a film for everyone."
"God save us from people who mean well."
"Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole."
"I honestly do not know if love vanquishes death as our traditional faiths teach but I do know that our vulnerabilities trump our ideologies and that love leavens the purity and logic of our beliefs propelling us to connect as the fiercely gracious human beings we are."
"Man is a spiritual being, a soul, and at some period of his life everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship to the Infinite. . . . There is something within him which urges him to rise above himself, to control his environment, to master the body and all things physical and live in a higher and more beautiful world."
"I thirst for love like a camel thirsts for water. I’m going through a desert right now, but I’m searching for the oasis of my life."
"Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage."
"That is why enemies can be great motivators. They serve as fuel for your fire."
"To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual."
"Drunken men give some of the best pep talks."
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