S Quotes
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“Surrealism is not a school of poetry but a movement of liberation... A way of rediscovering the language of innocence, a renewal of the primordial pact, poetry is the basic text, the foundation of the human order. Surrealism is revolutionary because it is a return to the beginning of all beginnings.”
Source: Alternating Current
“Surrealism is the magical surprise of finding a lion in a wardrobe, where you were 'sure' of finding shirts.”
Source: Frida Kahlo: National Homage 1907-2007
“Surrealism runs through the streets.”
“Surrealism, then, neither aims to subvert realism, as does the fantastic, nor does it try to transcend it. It looks for different means by which to explore reality itself.”
Source: Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World
“Surrealism to me is reality. Psychedelic vision is reality to me and always was.”
“Surrealism will usher you into death, which is a secret society. It will glove your hand, burying therein the profound M with which the word Memory begins.”
“Surrealism will usher you into death, which is a secret society. It will glove your hand, burying therein the profound M with which the word Memory begins. Do not forget to make proper arrangements for your last will and testament: speaking personally, I ask that I be taken to the cemetery in a moving van. May my friends destroy every last copy of the printing of the Speech concerning the Modicum of Reality.”
“Surrealism! What is Surrealism? In my opinion, it is above all a reawakening of the poetic idea in art, the reintroduction of the subject but in a very particular sense, that of the strange and illogical.”
“Surrealism, n. Pure psychic automatism, by which it is intended to express, whether verbally or in writing, or in any other way, the real process of thought. Thought's dictation, free from any control by the reason, independent of any aesthetic or moral preoccupation.”
“Surrealist, humorous, cynical, nihilistic, scientific, humanistic, orphic and romantic character. In tristitia hilaris, in hilaritate tristis, et nulli amplius heroes.”
Source: Ars Longa Vita Brevis: Aforismi sulla salute, la malattia, i medici e la morte (I libri del Daimon Club)
“Surrender . . .sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed”
“Surrender all thought, emotion, and circumstance to that which is bigger and deeper.
Surrender your identity. Surrender your suffering to that which is closer than identity,
deeper than suffering. Do you discover victory or defeat in this surrender?”
Source: You Are That
“Surrender and be immortal.”
“Surrender and living in the present are one and the same.”
“Surrender and sacrifice sets you up for success with God.”
Source: How Good Can It Get
“Surrender attachments without judgment. This means seeing life through the gently but powerfully unattached Soul rather than the hungrily attached and disempowered ego.”
“Surrender becomes so much easier when you realize the fleeting nature of all experiences and that the world cannot give you anything of lasting value. You then continue to meet people, to be involved in experience and activities, but without the wants and fears of the egoic self. That is to say, you no longer demand that a situation, person, place, or event should satisfy you or make you happy. It's passing and imperfect nature is allowed to be.”
“Surrender comes when you no longer ask, 'Why is this happening to me?'”
Source: Stillness Speaks
“Surrender doesn't obstruct power; it enhances it.”
“Surrender goes against our very nature to be independent. Surrender indicates we willingly choose to rely on others. We must rewire our thinking to recognize that needing another person (and being the person someone else needs) is not a weakness; it only strengthens us.”
“Surrender had played out for good with me.”
“Surrender happens by Grace. All we're doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.”
“SURRENDER
I surrender all to you.
I surrender my life to you.
I will do whatever you want.
I will go wherever you want.
I will love whoever you ask me to love.
I will give up all my stupid opinions.
I will give up all my hopeless cravings.
I release my broken dreams.
I forfeit my planned futures.
I am at your mercy.
I will think no thought
or proceed with any action
which does not come from you
because You love me.”
Source: The Love of Devotion
“Surrender into me and forgive yourself else die for me and punish yourself”
“Surrender is a choice, it is never a calling.”
“Surrender is a gift that you can give yourself. It's an act of faith. It's saying that even though I can't see where this river is flowing, I trust it will take me in the right direction.”
“Surrender is a journey from the outer turmoil to the inner peace.”
“Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances.”
“Surrender is a positive, healthy state. Being a surrendered person does not mean one is beaten down and so hopeless he or she has "given up." It's quite the contrary.”
“Surrender is a positive, healthy state. Being a surrendered person does not mean one is beaten down and so hopeless he or she has "given up." It's quite the contrary. Surrender is a state of living in the flow, trusting what is, and being open to serendipity and surprises.”
“Surrender is a powerful force.”
Source: Burned: A House of Night Novel
“Surrender is a state of living in the flow, trusting what is, and being open to serendipity and surprises.”
“Surrender is Beautiful.
When we surrender
Our Soul's beauty
is reflected in Life's Stream.”
“Surrender is faith that the power of Love can accomplish anything even when you cannot forsee the outcome.”
Source: Path To Love: Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Love You Need
“Surrender is forbidden. Sixth Army will hold their positions to the last man and the last round and by their heroic endurance will make an unforgettable contribution toward the establishment of a defensive front and the salvation of the Western world.”
“Surrender is just like love. That's why I say only lovers can become sannyasins - because they know a little of how to surrender. Love is the first step towards the divine, surrender is the last. And two steps is the whole journey.”
“Surrender is no guarantee that an armed police officer will not shoot you.”
“Surrender is not a weakness, but rather an empowering state of humility.”
“Surrender is not a weakness it is strength.It takes tremendous strength to surrender life to the supreme - to the cosmic unfolding.”
“Surrender is not a weakness, or state of inaction, but rather a powerful state of pure energy; the energy of becoming your true purpose.”
“Surrender is not something that you can do. If you do it, it is not surrender, because the doer is there. Surrender is a great understanding that, "I am not." Surrender is an insight that the ego exists not, that, "I am not separate." Surrender is not an act but an understanding.”
“Surrender is not submission; it is a letting go not a giving in.”
“Surrender is not that you should give up your family, give up your children, or give up your houses and homes and your properties. Surrendering is here: give up your ego to begin with and then give up your conditionings.”
“Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.”
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
“Surrender is Serenity & a Bridge to Bliss.”
“Surrender is surrender to this moment, not to a story through which you interpret this moment and then try to resign yourself to it.”
Source: Stillness Speaks
“Surrender is the inner transition from resistance to acceptance, from no to yes.”
Source: Stillness Speaks
“Surrender is the most difficult thing in the world while you are doing it and the easiest when it is done.”
“Surrender is the path to freedom through our unique authenticity, where we experience the flow of life not through the narrow lens of the mind, but through the vast refuge of the heart.”
“Surrender is the quantum leap from mind to no-mind, from ego to egolessness. And in a single step the whole journey is contained. It is not a long journey from you to God, it is a single-step journey. It is not a gradual phenomenon; it is not that slowly slowly, gradually you come to the divine. It is a quantum leap! One moment you were in darkness and the next moment all is light. All that is needed is to put the ego aside.”