“And each forgets, as he strips and runs With a brilliant, fitful pace, It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones Who win in the lifelong race. And each forgets that his youth has fled, Forgets that his prime is past, Till he stands one day, with a hope that's dead, In the glare of the truth at last.” RunningLastsPastWinningForgetRaceYouthFailureOne DayQuietBrilliantPrimePaceSteadyLifelongGlare Book:Robert W. Service: Selected Poetry and Prose Source: Robert W. Service: Selected Poetry and Prose
“I was a terrible history student. They taught me history as if it were a visit to a wax museum or to the land of the dead. I was over twenty before I discovered that the past was neither quiet nor mute.” IfsPastEducationLandStudentsTaughtTerribleQuietTwentiesMuseumsMute Author:Eduardo Galeano
“My friends: Music is the language of spirits. Its melody is like the frolicsome breeze that makes the strings quiver with love. When the gentle fingers of Music knock at the door of our feelings, they awaken memories that have long lain hidden in the depths of the Past. The sad strains of Music bring us mournful recollections; and her quiet strains bring us joyful memories. The sound of strings makes us weep at the departure of a dear one, or makes us smile at the peace God has bestowed upon us.” LongFeelingsPastSpiritLanguageSoundMemoriesDoorsQuietMusic IsMy FriendsFingersDepthDearGentleStringsMelodyJoyfulStrainBreezeRecollectionDepartureQuiverDear OnesCreating Beauty Author:Khalil Gibran
“At the bottom there is no perfect history; there is none such conceivable. All past centuries have rotted down, and gone confusedly dumb and quiet.” PastPerfectHistoryGoneCenturyQuietDown AndBottomDumb Book:The Works of Thomas Carlyle Source: The Works of Thomas Carlyle
“Change no one. Change nothing. React to no one, react to nothing. Do not live in the past and do not, worry about the future. Stay in the eternal now, where all is well. After all you are me and I am you. There's no difference. Do not react to the world. Do not even react to your own body. Do not even react to your own thoughts. Learn to become the witness. Learn to be quiet.” WorldWellsBodyPastChangeDifferencesWorryLearningFutureQuietEternalWitnessStillness Author:Robert Adams