Un peque�o respiro

Por qu� nos hemos quedado ciegos, No lo s�, quiz� un d�a lleguemos a saber la raz�n, Quieres que te diga lo que estoy pensando, Dime, Creo que no nos quedamos ciegos, creo que estamos ciegos, Ciegos que ven, Ciegos que, viendo, no ven. 

La mujer del m�dico se levant�, se acerc� a la ventana. Mir� hacia abajo, a la calle cubierta de basura, a las personas que gritaban y cantaban. Luego alz� la cabeza al cielo y lo vio todo blanco, Ahora me toca a m�, pens�. El miedo s�bito le hizo bajar los ojos. La ciudad a�n estaba all�.

Aprovecho estos d�as para dejarme llevar, para no hacer nada, para perderme, para errar el rumbo... A veces pienso que camino a ciegas, hacia ninguna parte, que deber�a dar algunos pasos hacia atr�s para reencontrar algo que deb� perder hace tiempo, no s� el qu�, alg�n tipo de conexi�n con el resto del mundo. Volver al punto de partida. Pero eso es imposible. As� que me paro en un peque�o rinc�n del tiempo, esperando que alguna idea o alguna casualidad me salve y me d� alg�n tipo de oportunidad. Tambi�n, por qu� no decirlo, para que algo del cansancio desaparezca y pueda volver a ver con claridad al menos parte del terreno que piso. Un peque�o respiro para volver ah� fuera.

Un peque�o respiro

Por qu� nos hemos quedado ciegos, No lo s�, quiz� un d�a lleguemos a saber la raz�n, Quieres que te diga lo que estoy pensando, Dime, Creo que no nos quedamos ciegos, creo que estamos ciegos, Ciegos que ven, Ciegos que, viendo, no ven. 

La mujer del m�dico se levant�, se acerc� a la ventana. Mir� hacia abajo, a la calle cubierta de basura, a las personas que gritaban y cantaban. Luego alz� la cabeza al cielo y lo vio todo blanco, Ahora me toca a m�, pens�. El miedo s�bito le hizo bajar los ojos. La ciudad a�n estaba all�.

Aprovecho estos d�as para dejarme llevar, para no hacer nada, para perderme, para errar el rumbo... A veces pienso que camino a ciegas, hacia ninguna parte, que deber�a dar algunos pasos hacia atr�s para reencontrar algo que deb� perder hace tiempo, no s� el qu�, alg�n tipo de conexi�n con el resto del mundo. Volver al punto de partida. Pero eso es imposible. As� que me paro en un peque�o rinc�n del tiempo, esperando que alguna idea o alguna casualidad me salve y me d� alg�n tipo de oportunidad. Tambi�n, por qu� no decirlo, para que algo del cansancio desaparezca y pueda volver a ver con claridad al menos parte del terreno que piso. Un peque�o respiro para volver ah� fuera.

Four-legged furry critter, adieu.

Luna, canine elegance.

Not a good weekend. No siree. I've been trying to write this post for a couple of days now, but just couldn't seem to do it. Opening iPhoto and trying to select photos would just make me start crying all over again... as do a number of other random (or canine-related) things.

keep reading!

Return to the Sierra de Bernia for a proper hike this time!

So last Fall, when I was looking for other groups to go hiking with other than the Centro Excursionista de Alicante (because they only went out once a month), I managed to snag a spot on a hike organised by the Diputaci�n Provincial de Alicante (provincial representation of the government). The destination was the Sierra de Bernia, a mountain that separates the green northernmost part of the Province of Alicante from the drier south (in fact the northern face of Bernia is the rainiest place in the province!). It turned out to be an interesting, albeit somewhat frustrating, hike. Frustrating because it was an "easy" hike, just crossing the mountain via the easiest pass and then hiking downhill to a river. Forget about getting close to the summit! And yet interesting because of the chance to visit the ruins of a 16th century military fort and because of the crazy weather (dark clouds kept moving around giving us really interesting views). In any case it left me wanting more! Wanting to go back and try the summit. Wanting to go back and cross the mountain through the Forat (a hole through the mountain!). And on the Sunday before Easter I finally got to go back!!! :o)

April 1st. Palm Sunday. No procession for me this year. Up bright and early to meet up with other members of the CEA at the bull ring downtown at 8 a.m. Everyone piles into the cars, and off we go, heading north to arrive around 9h30 at the "Casas de Bernia", about the closest we can get to the mountain by car (although there were a couple more options on the southern face). A gloriously sunshiny day, with no signs of those pesky rain clouds that hid everything from me on my previous visit! :o)

Sierra de Bernia, north, seen from Casas de Bernia

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Lovely Valentine

Have you seen this music video? Paul McCartney's latest song "My Valentine" featuring Johnny Depp on the guitar and Nathalie Portman interpreting the lyrics in sign language... it's quite beautiful! :o)

I'm afraid I've once again been rather absent on the blogs... some of you whom I visit regularly will have noticed my lack of comments lately. I'm really sorry! I'm afraid I'm a bit swamped with my classes and trying to find a more regular job that would give me some financial stability (if such a thing even exists these days). Plus with the Easter holidays some of my friends have finally had some free time to get together! Other than catching up on blog reading, I still have a hike pending for here, a couple new Semana Santa posts for my other blog, half-started book reports for this one, and trying to re-start the "Fishy Fridays" and "Come Dive With Me" series (the latter of which I had hope to do before the diving season started up again... too late I'm heading out under the waves next Saturday!). Oh, and start getting things ready for World Oceans Day! (I'm helping to translate their website to Spanish) And I could show you some scary photos of how much organising I need to do around the house... :p

Some days I look at everything that needs to get done (the "real" stuff) and it's just so overwhelming I hide on the sofa and watch TV instead of facing it... which of course makes it all worse the next day... *sigh* Must. Get. Organised! I used to be so organised once upon a time... whatever happened to me? ;(

Tercer aniversario

Y van ya tres a�os, s�. Este blog sopla tres velas y yo sigo sin cre�rmelo. �Hacia d�nde seguir� llev�ndome este viaje? �Quiz�s deber�a cambiar algo de la decoraci�n? �Ponerle nombre a las carpas? �Buscar m�s espacio para Pereza? �Sobrevivir� Blogger a la vor�gine de cambios de Google o habr� de migrar el blog a Wordpress? �Terminar� por engullirnos G+? �Cu�l es la vida media de un blog? Preguntas, todo preguntas... Y no pienso parar hasta encontrar las respuestas. As� que celebr�moslo, que adem�s este a�o cae en viernes. ;)

• Un nuevo comienzo...

• Primer aniversario

• Segundo aniversario

Tercer aniversario

Y van ya tres a�os, s�. Este blog sopla tres velas y yo sigo sin cre�rmelo. �Hacia d�nde seguir� llev�ndome este viaje? �Quiz�s deber�a cambiar algo de la decoraci�n? �Ponerle nombre a las carpas? �Buscar m�s espacio para Pereza? �Sobrevivir� Blogger a la vor�gine de cambios de Google o habr� de migrar el blog a Wordpress? �Terminar� por engullirnos G+? �Cu�l es la vida media de un blog? Preguntas, todo preguntas... Y no pienso parar hasta encontrar las respuestas. As� que celebr�moslo, que adem�s este a�o cae en viernes. ;)

• Un nuevo comienzo...

• Primer aniversario

• Segundo aniversario

Monthly Movies: March'12

This is the "how on earth did I manage to go this often to the movies?" month! I even saw 4 movies in an 8-day period! Kind of crazy, even for me! :p
March was definitely a month for flights of the imagination and high doses of adrenaline: spies being double-crossed, spies competing for the same girl, Martians, the magic of the earliest movies, guys threatening to jump off a ledge and some funny retired Brits lost in India...

keep reading!

Only Two Months Until World Oceans Day!

Oh, and HAPPY EASTER!!! ;o)

Today is April 8th... which means that June 8th - World Oceans Day - is only two months away! Which is a big deal on this blog, as those of you who've hung around here for the past couple of years already know! :D

What's that? You're new and haven't got a clue as to what WOD is??? Allow me!

June 8th has been officially declared (by the U.N. after some pushing and prodding) as World Oceans Day. It's a time to contemplate how crucial the oceans are to the well-being of our planet, how they inspire humanity, how they captivate our souls... And it's time to give something back!

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Quotes About Life And Death

Quotes About Life And Death

The conscience of death accompanies us since childhood, as conscience of the absolute destruction of the only precious treasure of ours: our I.
- E. Morin

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to the unreflective creation, the truth of immortality... The most ideal human passion is love, which is also the most absolute and animal and one of the most ephemeral. - George Santayana

Unlike man, animals, so to speak, live without knowing death. The individual animal enjoys fully the immutability of its gender, being conscious of itself only as an immortal being. - Arthur Schopenhauer

"Who am I?" Maybe you've never even asked yourself this question. You might think you already know who you are. Unfortunately, however, it's likely that you don't know who you are at all. And if you don't know your real identity, you're in trouble. You'll spend your life in a kind of dream state�you'll falsely identify yourself as something or someone you aren't. Then, on the basis of this false identification, you'll determine the goals of your life and the purpose of your existence. You use these goals to gauge whether you are making "progress" in life, whether you are a "success." And you are aided and abetted in this delusion by a complex network of relationships with other dreamers. Of course, at death (and sometimes before), the whole thing turns into a nightmare

The anguish of death hangs over and leads the human spirit to wonder about the mysteries of existence, man�s destiny, life, the world.
- E. Morin

The certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour of death is a source of grief throughout our life.
- E. Morin


- Epicurus
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Death is never a trick; nature doesn�t play a comedy; instead, it�s a tragic, colossal and unstoppable drama.- L. Fuerbach

The irresistible and incessant stream of time carries all creations in its wave, throwing them into the depths of obscurity, regardless of whether they are trivial or, on the contrary, notable and important.- Ann Comnena

The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb.- Shakespeare

She died or vanished somewhere, forgotten as a nameless number on a list which was subsequently mislaid. - Boris Pasternak

Death frights us. Death is a perpetual torment, for which there is no sort of consolation. There is no way by which it may not reach us. We may continually turn our heads this way and that, as if in a suspected country, but we can�t forget death.- Montaigne

Men come, go, sing and dance, without uttering a word about death. All this is very fine: but, when it comes either to themselves, their wives, their children, or their friends, taking them unawares and unprepared, then what torment, what outcries, what madness and despair.- Montaigne

Man is a being that knows death, but can�t believe it.- E. Morin

Quotes About Life And Death

Quotes About Life And Death

The conscience of death accompanies us since childhood, as conscience of the absolute destruction of the only precious treasure of ours: our I.
- E. Morin

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to the unreflective creation, the truth of immortality... The most ideal human passion is love, which is also the most absolute and animal and one of the most ephemeral. - George Santayana

Unlike man, animals, so to speak, live without knowing death. The individual animal enjoys fully the immutability of its gender, being conscious of itself only as an immortal being. - Arthur Schopenhauer

"Who am I?" Maybe you've never even asked yourself this question. You might think you already know who you are. Unfortunately, however, it's likely that you don't know who you are at all. And if you don't know your real identity, you're in trouble. You'll spend your life in a kind of dream state�you'll falsely identify yourself as something or someone you aren't. Then, on the basis of this false identification, you'll determine the goals of your life and the purpose of your existence. You use these goals to gauge whether you are making "progress" in life, whether you are a "success." And you are aided and abetted in this delusion by a complex network of relationships with other dreamers. Of course, at death (and sometimes before), the whole thing turns into a nightmare

The anguish of death hangs over and leads the human spirit to wonder about the mysteries of existence, man�s destiny, life, the world.
- E. Morin

The certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour of death is a source of grief throughout our life.
- E. Morin


- Epicurus
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Death is never a trick; nature doesn�t play a comedy; instead, it�s a tragic, colossal and unstoppable drama.- L. Fuerbach

The irresistible and incessant stream of time carries all creations in its wave, throwing them into the depths of obscurity, regardless of whether they are trivial or, on the contrary, notable and important.- Ann Comnena

The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb.- Shakespeare

She died or vanished somewhere, forgotten as a nameless number on a list which was subsequently mislaid. - Boris Pasternak

Death frights us. Death is a perpetual torment, for which there is no sort of consolation. There is no way by which it may not reach us. We may continually turn our heads this way and that, as if in a suspected country, but we can�t forget death.- Montaigne

Men come, go, sing and dance, without uttering a word about death. All this is very fine: but, when it comes either to themselves, their wives, their children, or their friends, taking them unawares and unprepared, then what torment, what outcries, what madness and despair.- Montaigne

Man is a being that knows death, but can�t believe it.- E. Morin

Deep Quotes About Life

Deep Quotes About Life

Even if you�re on the right track, you�ll get run over if you just sit there.
~ Will Rogers

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
~ Thomas Edison


Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
~ Elizabeth Bibesco


When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we took so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened up for us.
~ Helen Keller

When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

If you're going through hell, keep going.
~ Winston Churchill

So many of our dreams at first seems impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
~ Christopher Reeve

There are those who work all day. Those who dream all day. And those who spend an hour dreaming before setting to work to fulfill those dreams. Go into the third category because there�s virtually no competition.
~ Steven J. Ross


Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
~ Confucius

Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.
~ Robert F. Kennedy

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
~ Margaret B. Runbeck


We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
~ Aristotle


There is more to life than increasing its speed.
 ~ Mahatma Gandhied.


Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
~ Josh Billings


Philosophy is life's dry-nurse, who can take care of us - but not suckle us.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
 

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
~ Elbert Hubbard


When you are in love, you can�t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.
~ Dr. Seuss


Love and you shall be loved.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you love me, let me know. If not, please gently let me go.
~ Anonymous

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
~ Confucius

The only true love is love at first sight; second sight dispels it.
~ Israel Zangwill

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.
~ Theophile Gautier

Life's ups and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want.
~ Marsha Sinetar

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
~ Sam Keen

Deep Quotes About Life

Deep Quotes About Life

Even if you�re on the right track, you�ll get run over if you just sit there.
~ Will Rogers

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
~ Thomas Edison


Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
~ Elizabeth Bibesco


When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we took so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened up for us.
~ Helen Keller

When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

If you're going through hell, keep going.
~ Winston Churchill

So many of our dreams at first seems impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
~ Christopher Reeve

There are those who work all day. Those who dream all day. And those who spend an hour dreaming before setting to work to fulfill those dreams. Go into the third category because there�s virtually no competition.
~ Steven J. Ross


Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
~ Confucius

Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.
~ Robert F. Kennedy

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
~ Margaret B. Runbeck


We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
~ Aristotle


There is more to life than increasing its speed.
 ~ Mahatma Gandhied.


Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
~ Josh Billings


Philosophy is life's dry-nurse, who can take care of us - but not suckle us.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
 

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
~ Elbert Hubbard


When you are in love, you can�t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.
~ Dr. Seuss


Love and you shall be loved.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you love me, let me know. If not, please gently let me go.
~ Anonymous

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
~ Confucius

The only true love is love at first sight; second sight dispels it.
~ Israel Zangwill

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.
~ Theophile Gautier

Life's ups and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want.
~ Marsha Sinetar

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
~ Sam Keen

Meaningful Quotes About Life

Meaningful Quotes About Life

Remember, you're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
- Christopher Robin


Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility
- Thomas S. Szasz


I say you ought to write out 10 outrageous goals that are bigger than you because your life isn't meaningful or important unless you're on purpose about something way bigger than you are
- Mark Victor Hansen


The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.
- Robert Louis Stevenson


The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.
- Robert Louis Stevenson


Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.
- Ralph Marston


A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
- Hippocrates


Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I count him braver who conquers his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.
- Aristotle

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
- Allan K. Chalmers

The fact, in short, is that freedom, to be meaningful in an organized  society must consist of an amalgam of hierarchy of freedoms and restraints.
- Samuel Hendel

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.
- Katharine Hepburn

It's never too late?in fiction or in life?to revise.
- Nancy Thayer

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.
- Blaise Pascal

Mistakes are part of the dues that one pays for a full life.
- Sophia Loren

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.
- Author Unknown

Quotes About Life And Happiness

Quotes About Life And Happiness

In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.

- Bill Baughan


 

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.

- Anonymous


 

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

- Alfred D. Souza

In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal.

- Nisami

Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.

- Shari R. Barr

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

- Buddha

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it.

- Samuel Butler

 Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

- Josh Billings

 A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

- Albert Schweitzer


 

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

- Anonymous

 Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

- Danny Kaye

 And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

- Abraham Lincoln

Meaningful Quotes About Life

Meaningful Quotes About Life

Remember, you're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
- Christopher Robin


Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility
- Thomas S. Szasz


I say you ought to write out 10 outrageous goals that are bigger than you because your life isn't meaningful or important unless you're on purpose about something way bigger than you are
- Mark Victor Hansen


The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.
- Robert Louis Stevenson


The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.
- Robert Louis Stevenson


Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.
- Ralph Marston


A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
- Hippocrates


Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I count him braver who conquers his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.
- Aristotle

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
- Allan K. Chalmers

The fact, in short, is that freedom, to be meaningful in an organized  society must consist of an amalgam of hierarchy of freedoms and restraints.
- Samuel Hendel

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.
- Katharine Hepburn

It's never too late?in fiction or in life?to revise.
- Nancy Thayer

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.
- Blaise Pascal

Mistakes are part of the dues that one pays for a full life.
- Sophia Loren

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.
- Author Unknown

Quotes About Life And Happiness

Quotes About Life And Happiness

In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.

- Bill Baughan


 

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.

- Anonymous


 

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

- Alfred D. Souza

In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal.

- Nisami

Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.

- Shari R. Barr

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

- Buddha

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it.

- Samuel Butler

 Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

- Josh Billings

 A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

- Albert Schweitzer


 

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

- Anonymous

 Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

- Danny Kaye

 And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

- Abraham Lincoln

Music Quotes About Life

Music Quotes About Life

Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.
Richard Strauss

If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience.
John Cage

Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.
John Erskine

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
Kin Hubbard

Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.
Martin Luther

Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
Henry Louis Mencken

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
Dan Rather

But then there's a moment like tonight, a profound and transcendent experience, the feeling as if a door has opened, and it's all because of that instrument, that incredible, magical instrument.
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
Edith Sitwell

Music is the art of thinking with sounds.
Jules Combarieu

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Only sick music makes money today.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
G. K. Chesterton

Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.
George Bernard Shaw

I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.
George Eliot

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.
Ed Gardner

Wagner's music is better than it sounds.
Edgar Wilson Nye

Music is essentially useless, as life is.
George Santayana

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
George Eliot

Hell is full of musical amateurs.
George Bernard Shaw

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho Marx

Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards.
Homer

My music is best understood by children and animals.
Igor Stravinsky

Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!
J. K. Rowling

I think everyone should have a Beatles phase in their life. I think it's part of growing up in the Western world.
Jadelr and Cristina Cordova

Music is essentially useless, as life is: but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions.
George Santayana

Music like religion, unconditionally brings in its train all the moral virtues to the heart it enters, even though that heart is not in the least worthy.
Jean Baptiste Montegut

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.
Melvin Maddocks

Propel, propel, propel your craft softly down liquid solution. Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, Existence is simply illusion.
Fred Rogers

I hate music, especially when it's played.
Jimmy Durante

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.
Martin Luther

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

But Bellenden we needs must praise, Who as down the stairs she jumps Sings o'er the hill and far away, Despising doleful dumps.
Author Unknown

Music religious heat inspires, It wakes the soul, and lifts it high, And wings it with sublime desires, And fits it to bespeak the Deity.
Joseph Addison

[T]he music's pure algebra of enchantment.
Conrad Potter Aiken