Bede Griffiths I was being called to surrender the very citadel of my self. I was completely in the dark. I did not really know what repentance was or what I was required to repent of. It was indeed the turning point of my life. – Bede Griffiths Called Quotes Citadel Quotes Completely Quotes Dark Quotes Life Quotes Repent Quotes Repentance Quotes Required Quotes Surrender Quotes I am rediscovering the whole sexual dimension of life at the age of 86, really. And that also means discovering the feminine. So the whole of this dimension, which I had been seeking for a very long time, is now sort of opening itself up to me. Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men.
Maya Beiser I was a rebel and I wanted to do something that nobody else did, and nobody else played the cello. Also, I was also a small kid and I liked the fact that it was big. – Maya Beiser
Anne-Marie When you’re coming out new, it’s harder as a girl to gain fans because most of them are girls, and they can be like, ‘Do we like her?’ If I were a boy, it’d be much easier. – Anne-Marie
Carl Maria von Weber What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind. – Carl Maria von Weber
Jamaica Kincaid What distinguished my life from my brother’s is that my mother didn’t like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her. – Jamaica Kincaid
Joyce DiDonato I think yoga builds strength, flexibility, and calming of the mind – which is never a bad thing. – Joyce DiDonato
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