“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
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“The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight...
[Breadmaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world's sweetest smells... there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of
meditation in a music-throbbing chapel. that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.”
― The Art of Eating
[Breadmaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world's sweetest smells... there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of
meditation in a music-throbbing chapel. that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.”
― The Art of Eating
“People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.”
― The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
― The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.”
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“Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain.
(Translation: It is not certain that everything is uncertain.)”
― Pascal's Pensees
(Translation: It is not certain that everything is uncertain.)”
― Pascal's Pensees
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