Eastmountainsouth Lyrics Quotes & Sayings

The true character of wu wei is not mere inactivity but perfect action-because it is act without activity. In other words, it is action not carried out independently of heaven and earth and in conflict with the dynamism of the whole, but in perfect harmony with the whole. It is not mere passivity, but it is action that seems both effortless and spontaneous because performed "rightly," in perfect accordance with our nature and with our place in the scheme of things. It is completely free because there is in it no force and no violence. — Thomas Merton

Seeing TVXQ's music and stage makes me feel touched, and they're a very good influence on us. — Taeyang

It's not enough to do the tasks that are expected or required of us. We have to give more, do more, be more. — Hill Harper

You write what makes you laugh, and you hope that the audience agree, and so far they do. — Brendan O'Carroll

Outside, there was that predawn kind of clarity, where the momentum of living has not quite captured the day. The air was not filled with conversation or thought bubbles or laughter or sidelong glances. Everyone was sleeping, all of their ideas and hopes and hidden agendas entangled in the dream world, leaving this world clear and crisp and cold as a bottle of milk in the fridge. — Reif Larsen

We are bound to hurt one another so much, again and again. we are so terribly different.'Yes,' he said, 'But the more different, the more lovely the loving. — Olaf Stapledon

In reality, the labourer belongs to capital before he has sold himself to capital. — Karl Marx

The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character. — Anne Frank

The illusion of free will, of freedom, is a useful tool you know. Let people think they are free and present them with a danger to their so-called freedom, a fear. It's amazing how much you can get them to deal with just as long as you tell them they're still free. — Jordon Greene

Tokyo would probably be the foreign city if I had to eat one city's food for the rest of my life, every day. It would have to be Tokyo, and I think the majority of chefs you ask that question would answer the same way. — Anthony Bourdain

Miss Bingley was particularly anxious at the time not to leave the capital. Her pursuit of a widowed peer of great wealth was entering a most hopeful phase. Admittedly without his peerage and his money he would have been regarded as the most boring man in London, but one cannot expect to be called "your grace" without some inconvenience. — P.D. James

The sound, I'm convinced, is going to fucking kill me. Death by orgasm ... and it's not even my own. — J.M. Darhower

Turn and face the strange changes. — David Bowie

Habit creates the appearance of justice; progress has no greater enemy than habit. — Jose Marti

Some people are going to be happy with my decision, some people aren't ... But I must live my life. — Thomas Hearns