“And do you agree with me, that the first condition of an artist should be to bear respect toward what is great, and to bow to it and acknowledge it and not attempt to extinguish great flames for the sake of making his own rushlight burn more brightly?” ShouldFirstsArtistConditionsBearsAgreeSakeBurningAcknowledgeFlamesBows Author:Felix Mendelssohn
“The Gnostics believed that exile was the essential condition of man. Do you agree? I do. The artist and the addict both wrestle with this experience of exile. They share an acute, even excruciating sensitivity to the state of separation and isolation, and both actively seek a way to overcome it, to transcend it, or at least to make the pain go away. What is the pain of being human? It's the condition of being suspended between two worlds and being unable to fully enter into either.” MenWorldWayHumansTwoStatesPainArtistShareConditionsEssentialsOvercomingAgreeSeparationIsolationGoing AwayBeing HumanSensitivityAddictExileSuspendedTwo Worlds Book:Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work Source: Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work
“I have resolved to demonstrate by a certain and undoubted course of argument, or to deduce from the very condition of human nature, not what is new and unheard of, but only such things as agree best with practice.” HumansCertainCoursesPracticeConditionsHuman NatureArgumentAgreeUnheard Author:Baruch Spinoza
“When God brings deep conviction and I agree with Him about my condition, God restores my confidence in Him.” ChristianLeadershipChurchConditionsAgreeConviction Author:Johnny Hunt
“I agree with God’s Word; I disagree with any condition, situation or circumstance contrary to that Word.” SituationConditionsCircumstancesAgreeContraryDisagree Author:T. B. Joshua
“I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.” IfsThinkingShouldScienceFreedomMorningConditionsOffersBedAgreeClockProtestEvery MorningGreat Power Author:Thomas Huxley