Richard Wagner Quotes
I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.
Quotes to Explore
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I love all women. Women are sublime beings. I love all of it: their eyes, their noses, their bodies.
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I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way.
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Desire and longing are the whips of God.
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There is not a single heart but has its moments of longing.
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Be obedient to your superior, and your inferior will obey you.
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In the fullness of artistic life there is, and remains, and will always come back at times, that homesick longing for the truly ideal life that can never come true.
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Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring.
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At the same time, as social beings, we are moved in the relations with our fellow beings by such feelings as sympathy, pride, hate, need for power, pity, and so on.
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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! We look for them, but do not see them; we listen to, but do not hear them; yet they enter into all things, and there is nothing without them.
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Simply see that you are at the center of the universe, and accept all things and beings as parts of your infinite body. When you perceive that an act done to another is done to yourself, you have understood the great truth.
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Giving to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings.
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The nonconformist here may be "beat down" by life but still has a beauty in his or her longing for freedom and for an awakening of the mind.
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Love in the form of longing and deprivation lowers the self regard.
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Through winter-time we call on spring, And through the spring on summer call, And when the abounding hedges ring Declare that winter's best of all: And after that there's nothing good Because the spring time has not come- Not know that what disturbs our blood Is but its longing for the tomb.
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At the end of the day, you really want to make sure that organic music, made by human beings, at least has a voice.
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A king is he who has laid fear aside and the base longings of an evil heart; whom ambition unrestrained and the fickle favor of the reckless mob move not.
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Desire can't be sated, because if it is, the longing disappears and then we've failed, because desire is the state we seek.
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What does competency in the long run mean? It means to all reasonable beings, cleanliness of person, decency of dress, courtesy of manners, opportunities for education, the delights of leisure, and the bliss of giving.
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I'm a mom first. That's all I really care about - being a good mom and a good wife. The writing always comes second for me.
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At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.
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I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.
