Lacandon Maya Quotes & Sayings

Society has provided [children] no rituals by which they become members of the tribe, of the community. All children need to be twice born, to learn to function rationally in the present world, leaving childhood behind. — Joseph Campbell

I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint that. I shouldn't be thinking about what the fans want, I shouldn't be thinking about what the radio wants, what the label wants, what your manager wants, a song for the chicks, a song for the street. — Talib Kweli

Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace. — Homer

She has no idea how careless I've already been, or that I know that heart of his maybe even better than he does. — Jessi Kirby

Hatred is self-punishment.Do you think they're feeling bad because you hate them? — Michelle Cohen Corasanti

The painter who is content with the praise of the world for what does not satisfy himself, is not an artist, but an artisan; for though his reward be only praise, his pay is that of a mechanic. — Washington Allston

What's the point of living if you're going to hate the world? Guard your heart if you have to, but don't shut it away. — Neal Shusterman

Only you can tell your story. — Victoria A. Hudson

At times, the reader of World War II literature must think every American, from general to G.I., kept a war diary, later mined for memoirs of the conflict. Few diaries, however, were published in their own right. — Nigel Hamilton

In the first stage of insight-building, all that researchers can do is observe phenomena. Second, they classify the phenomena in a way that helps them simplify the apparent complexities of the world so they can ignore the meaningless differences and draw connections between the things that really seem to matter. Third, based on the classification system, they propose a theory. The theory is a statement of what causes what and why, and under what circumstances. — Clayton Christensen

People are never free of trying to be content. — Murray Bookchin

No, I'm not a drug addict, and neither is my husband. If that were so, you'd get a lot less work out of me. It would show in the performances and in the work. — Whitney Houston