Friday, June 24, 2005
A Few Random Quotes
I thought that today, perhaps, I would do something a little differently by posting a few of my favorite quotes/proverbs/sayings or whatever you would want to call them. I find that when my thoughts are scattered, these words pin me down to one spot and give me focus.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
Khalil Gibran, "The Prophet"
We are the flowers in His garden, the lights in His hall.
The sign on His portal, but He, He is all--He is all.
Ameen Rihani, "A Chant of Mystics"
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
Igor Stravinsky
iucundae obliviae vitae...to enjoy sweet forgetfulness of life's cares.
The more you study, the less you know.
Tobias Smollett, "Humphrey Clinker"
(There is) not enough room to swing a cat.
Tobias Smollett, "Humphrey Clinker"
That's the way it is with explorers, sometimes they feel lost.
Patrick Swayze in "Three Wishes" (a movie)
Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.
Ludwig Von Beethoven
The High note is not the only thing.
Placido Domingo
It occurred to me by intuition and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.
Albert Einstein
I was happy to bid indolence farewell and to set off along the path of history in search of truth, a path that has no beginning and no end, for it will always be extended by those who have a passion for eternal truth.
Naguib Mahfouz, "Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth"
If permanence were possible, why would the seasons change?
Naguib Mahfouz, "The Harafish"
Without a camera, words are all that are left to show the life around me.
Denise Hassan 2/28/2004
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
Khalil Gibran, "The Prophet"
We are the flowers in His garden, the lights in His hall.
The sign on His portal, but He, He is all--He is all.
Ameen Rihani, "A Chant of Mystics"
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
Igor Stravinsky
iucundae obliviae vitae...to enjoy sweet forgetfulness of life's cares.
The more you study, the less you know.
Tobias Smollett, "Humphrey Clinker"
(There is) not enough room to swing a cat.
Tobias Smollett, "Humphrey Clinker"
That's the way it is with explorers, sometimes they feel lost.
Patrick Swayze in "Three Wishes" (a movie)
Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.
Ludwig Von Beethoven
The High note is not the only thing.
Placido Domingo
It occurred to me by intuition and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.
Albert Einstein
I was happy to bid indolence farewell and to set off along the path of history in search of truth, a path that has no beginning and no end, for it will always be extended by those who have a passion for eternal truth.
Naguib Mahfouz, "Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth"
If permanence were possible, why would the seasons change?
Naguib Mahfouz, "The Harafish"
Without a camera, words are all that are left to show the life around me.
Denise Hassan 2/28/2004
