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Quote by Ronald Rolheiser

“We get ready for death by beginning to live life as we should have been living it all along.”

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Ronald Rolheiser is a renowned writer, theologian, and spiritual leader. His work spans across various fields including religion, philosophy, psychology, and spirituality, and has been widely appreciated by readers around the world. more

“I think there is an enormous diference between speaking and writing. One rereads what one writes. But one might read it slowly or quickly. In other words, you do not know how long you will have to spend deliberating over a sentence. ... But if I listen to a tape recorder, the listening time is determined by the speed at which the tape turns and not by my own needs.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Needs Writing Long Might Turns My Own Know How Listening Determined Sentences Speed Enormous Tape Recorders Speaking And Writing

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“Everything in my past, in my training, everything that has been most essential in my activity up to now has made me above all a man who writes, and it is too late for that to change.”

Men Writing Has Beens Made Past Activity Essentials Late Training Too Late My Past

Book:Sartre in the Seventies: Interviews and Essays

Source: Sartre in the Seventies: Interviews and Essays

“Many young people today do not concern themselves with style. They think that what one says should be said simply and that is all. For me, style - which does not exclude simplicity, quite the opposite - is above all a way of saying three or four things in one. There is the simple sentence, with its immediate meaning, and then at the same time, below this immediate meaning, other meanings are organized. If one is not capable of giving language this plurality of meaning, then it is not worth the trouble to write.”

Source: Sartre in the Seventies: Interviews and Essays

“I'm not comfortable with categories, and I distrust most definitions. The word 'definition' is based on the word 'finite,' which would seem to indicate that once we've defined something, we don't need to think about it anymore.”

Thinking Needs Seems Comfortable Definitions Defined Categories Distrust Finite

Author:Artie Shaw

“Surprise is inherent in the structure of the world.”

World Structure Surprise Inherent

Book:Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

Source: Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

“Listen to music you don't even like and see why you don't like it.”

Listening To Music

Author:Phil Woods

“Whoever invented smooth jazz, man, I wanna kill 'em: You're turning an art form into a hooker.”

Men Art Form Jazz Ems Smooth Smooth Jazz

Author:Phil Woods

“Music is the journey. You never arrive in music; the work is never over.”

Journey Music Is

Author:Phil Woods

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