“Life is short - while we speak it flies; enjoy, then, the present, and forget the future; such is the moral of ancient poetry, a graceful and a wise moral - indulged beneath a southern sky, and all deserving, the phrase applied to it - the philosophy of the garden.” LifePhilosophyLife IsSpeakEnjoyForgetMoralWiseSkyFutureGardenAncientPhrasesSouthernLife Is ShortDeserving Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact, but to that fragile, fluctuating center which forms never reach.” KnowsLifeFactsFormSpeakUnderstandingUnderstoodSurfaceFragileReferringMisunderstood Genius Book:The Theater and Its Double Source: The Theater and Its Double
“My trade and my art is living. He who forbids me to speak about it according to my sense, experience, and practice, let him orderthe architect to speak of buildings not according to himself but according to his neighbor; according to another man's knowledge, not according to his own.” MenLifeArtSpeakKnowledgePracticeBuildingArt IsExperienceTradeNeighborArchitectAnother Man Book:Essays Source: Essays
“It is not possible, for a poet, writing in any language, to protect himself from the tragic elements in human life.... [ellipsis in source] Illness, old age, and death--subjects as ancient as humanity--these are the subjects that the poet must speak of very nearly from the first moment that he begins to speak.” LifeWritingFirstsHumansMomentsAgePoetryHumanitySpeakLanguageSubjectsPoetSourceProtectElementsTragedyAncientIllnessOld AgeHuman LifeTragic Author:Louise Bogan
“Once you capitulate to one dictator, does that mean that the next dictator or the next terrorist that says you're not going to make a comedy about - or a film at all about ISIS. All of us in public life have a responsibility right now to speak out and to say, 'No, Sony, you did the wrong thing' and to say to Hollywood, come behind - the other studios should come behind Sony and offer their support.” LifeShouldMeanDoeFilmNextSpeakBehindsResponsibilitySupportComedyRight NowOffersHollywoodStudiosTerroristDictatorIsisWrong ThingsPublic LifeSpeaks OutSony Author:Ed Royce
“People don't live their lives in a series of scenes that form a dramatic narrative, they don't speak in dialogue, they're not lit by a cinematographer or scored by a composer. The properties of real life and the properties of drama have almost nothing to do with each other. The difference between writing about reporters and being a reporter is the same as the difference between drawing a building and building a building.” PeopleLifeWritingRealFormSpeakDifferencesBuildingDramaScenePropertySeriesDrawingReal LifeDialogueNarrativeDramaticComposerReportersLitCinematographers Author:Aaron Sorkin
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” LifeWisdomBeautifulSpeakMusicKnowledgeListeningWords Of WisdomMusicianAthleteEdgesIntelligenceDeep ThoughtNew BeginningsListening To MusicJust ListenGuitaristKnowledge WisdomJazz MusicianListen To YourselfKnowledge Is PowerEnrichingKnowledge And WisdomListening To OthersKnowledge And UnderstandingRock MusiciansEffective ListeningOld WisdomSpeaking My MindSpiritual Education Author:Jimi Hendrix
“An enchanted world is one that speaks to the soul, to the mysterious depths of the heart and imagination where we find value, love, and union with the world around us. As mystics of many religions have taught, that sense of rapturous union can give a sensation of fulfillment that makes life purposeful and vibrant.” WorldLifeGivingHeartSoulValuesSpeakImaginationTaughtUnionsDepthMysteriousFulfillmentSensationsPurpose Of LifeEnchanted Author:Thomas Moore