#away

As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power. ↗

— Douglas Hyde

#centuries #culture #dies #educational #fade

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds. ↗

— William James

#away #belief #change #differently #dissolve

The diva tag just won't go away. I think that's because people want me to be like that. It makes it more interesting if I have thrown a phone at somebody or a water bottle. Sadly that's just not me. ↗

— Katherine Jenkins

#because #bottle #diva #go #go away

So I learnt a few country western songs, I bought a chord book, and right away I started writing my own stuff, which nobody else did that, I don't know why. ↗

— John Fahey

#book #bought #chord #country #did

I pay about a third in taxes, I give away about a third, and I follow the law. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#away #follow #give #i #law

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#away #before #breaking #felicity #flights

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#complexion #conquest #different #earth #flatter

My most powerful memory was hearing Earl Scruggs on 'The Beverly Hillbillies' as a 5 or 6 year old. That sound just blew me away, shook my head up. ↗

— Bela Fleck

#beverly #blew #earl #head #hearing

Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure. ↗

— Nicolaus Copernicus

#although #art #arts #away #better

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles. ↗

— Claude M. Bristol

#breaks #constant #determined #down #effort