“That’s the secret to performance: conviction. The right note played tentatively still misses its mark, but play boldly and no one will question you. If one believes there is truth in art – and I do – then it’s troubling how similar the skill of performing is to lying. Maybe lying is itself a kind of art. I think about that more than I should.” IfsThinkingShouldBelieveKindArtStillsPlayLyingSecretMissingSkillsPerformancesMarkNotesConvictionPerforming Book:Seraphina Source: Seraphina
“What is the sign of a friend? Is it that he tells you his secret sorrows? No, it is that he tells you his secret joys. Many people will confide their secret sorrows to you, but the final mark of intimacy is when they share their secret joys with you.” PeopleJoySecretShareSorrowMarkFinalsIntimacy Book:My Utmost for His Highest Source: My Utmost for His Highest
“One of the secrets to life is saying yes to change and allowing things to transition, but I also think you have to mark the time and give thanks for all that it gave you.” ThinkingGivingLife IsSecretMarkThanksAllowingTransitionSaying Yes Author:Josh Radnor
“To be satisfied with the acquittal of the world, though accompanied with the secret condemnation of conscience, this is the mark of a little mind; but it requires a soul of no common stamp to be satisfied with its own acquittal, and to despise the condemnation of the world.” WorldMindLittlesSoulCommonSecretConscienceMarkSatisfiedDespiseStampsCondemnationLittle MindsAcquittal Book:Lacon: or, Many things in few words Source: Lacon: or, Many things in few words
“While the US Constitution marks these programs as illegal, my government argues that secret court rulings, which the world is not permitted to see, somehow legitimize an illegal affair. These rulings simply corrupt the most basic notion of justice - that it must be seen to be done. The immoral cannot be made moral through the use of secret law.” WorldMadeDoneUseGovernmentLawJusticeSecretMoralProgramConstitutionMarkCourtNotionAffairArguingIllegalImmoralRulingNsaUs Constitution Author:Edward Snowden
“We lavender folk spray up, spontaneously flowering in the color we had learned as an identifying mark of our culture when it was subterranean and secret.” CultureSecretColorMarkFolksSexualityIdentifyingSprayFloweringLavender Author:Judy Grahn
“The secret of pleasing in conversation is not to explain too much everything; to say them half and leave a little for divination is a mark of the good opinion we have of others, and nothing flatters their self-love more.” LittlesSelfSecretHalfOpinionToo MuchSelf LoveConversationMark Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The good man shuns evil and follows good; he keeps secret that which ought to be hidden; he makes his virtues manifest to all; he does not forsake one in adversity; he gives in season: such are the marks of a worthy friend.” MenGivingDoeEvilSecretVirtueOughtSeasonsMarkAdversityWorthyGood ManManifestForsake Author:Bhartrhari
“Ken & Mark weave a simple, compelling tale that contains profound truths. If only we all knew The Secret.” IfsSimpleSecretMarkProfoundTalesCompellingProfound Truth Author:Laurie Beth Jones