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Berthe Morisot (1841–1895) painter from France
in a letter to her sister Edma Morisot, 23 April 1869; as cited in The Correspondence of Berthe Morisot, ed. Denis Rouart; Camden, London 1986 / Kinston, R. I. Moyer Bell, 1989, p. 29
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Rainer Maria Rilke book Letters to a Young Poet
About Rome.
Letter Five (29 October 1903)
Letters to a Young Poet (1934)
Václav Havel book Disturbing the Peace
Source: Disturbing the Peace (1986), Ch. 5 : The Politics of Hope, p. 114
“How does one say something new and not retell?”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
“New Word,” p. 69
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
“If emptiness is empty, how can something be borne or awaken from it?”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"The Sign and Emptiness," p. 9
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Supreme Sign”
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
Source: 1980s, Mind Without Measure (1984), p. 97
Context: How can one be compassionate if you belong to any religion, follow any guru, believe in something, believe in your scriptures, and so on, attached to a conclusion? When you accept your guru, you have come to a conclusion, or when you strongly believe in god or in a saviour, this or that, can there be compassion? You may do social work, help the poor out of pity, out of sympathy, out of charity, but is all that love and compassion?
“How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) French fashion designer
As quoted in Contemporary Quotations (1954) by James Beasley Simpson
“How can such scary looking parents create something so cute?”
Chetan Bhagat book 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
Source: 2 States: The Story of My Marriage