Bell Hooks Author, Feminist, Social Activist “The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.” Men Successful Self Esteem ♥ 242
Franz Kafka Writer “I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.” Thinking Writing Darkness ♥ 242
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director “Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.” Water Empty Mind ♥ 238
Haile Selassie Emperor “Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.” Men Soul ♥ 238
John Muir Naturalist, Writer “The grand show is eternal It is always sunrise somewhere” Sunrise Vapor Nature Beauty ♥ 240
William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet “Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun, and with him rise weeping.” Hot Vegetables Herbs ♥ 241
T. S. Eliot Poet, Playwright “If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.” Heart Firsts Silence ♥ 241
MA Mother Angelica Nun, Television Personality “Sometimes my worst day - one filled with pain and suffering - in the eyes of God, is my best day if I've born it cheerfully and I've born it with love.” Eye Pain Suffering ♥ 240
Ludwig van Beethoven Composer, Pianist “The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are.” Men Children Air ♥ 239
Edgar Allan Poe Poet, Writer “I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.” Funny Pain Memories ♥ 238
Ludwig van Beethoven Composer, Pianist “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.” Thinking Philosophy Music ♥ 238
Ramakrishna Spiritual Leader “The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.” Heart Light Clouds ♥ 235
