#her

We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect... but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs. ↗

— Aaron Siskind

#beliefs #believe #conditioned #expect #learn

Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#compassionate #i #i think #imagine #life

I don't really have special rituals, but I don't try to write fiction unless I have a minimum of a few hours. For me, it takes a while to settle into a mode where I'm truly concentrating. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#few #fiction #hours #i #into

It's never that hard for me to imagine what it must feel like to be someone else, whether it's an American teenage girl or a Japanese octogenarian man. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#else #feel #girl #hard #imagine

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#books #doing #first #i #jobs

The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#life #men #other #poet #speaks

A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching. ↗

— Sivananda

#bad #composed #consequences #details #drops

Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#direct #direct way #divine #everything #free

Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now! ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#here #leisure #love #minute #now

Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#eternal #leads #meditate #meditation #practice