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  • We therefore work, not for the work's sake, but for money—and money is supposed to get us what we really want in our hours of leisure and play. In the United States even poor people have lots of money compared with the wretched and skinny millions of India, Africa, and China, while our middle andupper classes (or should we say "income groups") are as prosperous as princes. Yet, by and large, they have but slight taste for pleasure. Money alone cannot buy pleasure, though it can help. For enjoyment is an art and a skill for which we have little talent or energy.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Art Quotes , Class Quotes
  • Art flies around truth, but with the definite intention of not getting burnt. Its capacity lies in finding in the dark void a place where the beam of light can be intensely caught, without this having been perceptible before.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Franz Kafka Quotes , Art Quotes , Lying Quotes
  • Say - i am the Atman in which my lower ego has become merged for ever. Be perfect in this idea; and then as long as the body endures, speak unto others this message of fearlessness: "Thou art That", "Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached!"
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Swami Vivekananda Quotes , Art Quotes , Ideas Quotes
  • Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Art Quotes , Blessing Quotes
  • Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Sun Tzu Quotes , Art Quotes , War Quotes
  • Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. . . . . . . Prayer is the first and the last lesson in learning the noble and brave art of sacrificing self in the various walks of life culminating in the defence of one's nation's liberty and honour.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Art Quotes , Prayer Quotes