Charles Alexander Eastman Quotes

If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character."

Charles Alexander Eastman

• Character
• Courage
• Silence
• Mystery
• Dignity
• Endurance

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  Gary McCord
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• We're the first not-white family to ever live in the governor's mansion. My son-in-law is Puerto Rican. I have a beautiful little granddaughter who is half Korean and half Latina. I'm the only white guy in the house.

  

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• Very few of us can stop our lives and become activists.

  

  Laura Moser
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• I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society. We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it?

  

  Joanne Rowling
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• When I sit down to write, I know everything I need to know... I start writing, and within 30 seconds or 60 seconds, I'm watching a movie. I'm not making this stuff up; the characters are acting it out,and I'm just writing it down.

  

  M. J. Rose
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• The apparatus has to serve our improbability and improvisation. Being good and playing the songs is not enough.

  

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• You need a place to work that works for you, and you need people to understand that when you are writing, you are doing a rarefied type of brain surgery and therefore should not be subject to a million random interruptions.

  

  Elizabeth Berg
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• The hymn 'Amazing Grace' is so inspirational - I wish I'd written it.

  

  Neil Sedaka
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• Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.

  

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• Some guys lay their fannies out there every night - they play the game at such a high level, and they give so much that, frankly, they don't get credit for it. And I think it's tragic sometimes.

  

  Jerry West
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• For me, it's important to concentrate to the present and leave the past.

  

  Antonio Conte
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• I wanted to develop a hypnosis show that no-one had ever seen before, so I made it very topical and interesting. I've created a UFC fight night every night on stage, where I hypnotise twenty people into thinking they're mad, crazed UFC fans, and the energy is unbelievable.

  

  Keith Barry
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• When you're transitioning, and you're trying to develop a better brand of soccer, at some point, you have to step backward before you step forward.

  

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• I want to be the most melodic artist. 'His music ability, the way he write, his creativity is undeniable.' I want people to say that about me.

  

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• It was amazing that a play that seems dated in this world... A man whose best friend is a six-foot white rabbit... But it caught on, especially with young people - they surprised me most of all.

  

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• We have not yet concluded that needle-exchange programs do not encourage drug use.

  

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• God is a freaking character, with enough foibles, tantrums, and paradoxical behaviors to supply a thousand screenplays. But who do you cast?

  

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• Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

  

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• I love con-men characters in film.

  

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• It really is that easy. I can say no. I can tell him I have a problem, and it becomes just a…thing. An obstacle. Something I can attack. It was only silence that made it insurmountable.

  

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• Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.

  

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• If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character."

  

  Charles Alexander Eastman
  • Character
  • Courage
  • Silence