quotes about Listening Ear

“A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor.”

“W. Kamau Bell is in the vanguard of a new era of American comedy for an unsettling, troubling, and strangely hopeful time. Firmly in the fearless tradition of Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, & Chris Rock. Comedy as common sense purged of the absurd hypocrisy that is Our America.”

“Without running, I would have missed the joy of rain. What could be considered an inconvenience or a bummer to the inexperienced is actually a gift. Without running, I would miss a lot of things-like seeing cities in a certain way, or knowing certain people all the way to the core. I'm glad we don't experience life through glass, under cover, or from the sidelines. Good things take miles.”

“I am a farmer singing at the plow”

Source : Jesse Stuart (1938). “Beyond Dark Hills”

“I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.”

“What we assert, very often can become our reality. To some degree, everybody can try to shape and control their fate. Everybody picks an identity.”

“The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.”

“In general, 'Buddha' means 'Awakened One', someone who has awakened from the sleep of ignorance and sees things as they really are. A Buddha is a person who is completely free from all faults and mental obstructions. There are many people who have become Buddhas in the past, and many people will become Buddhas in the future.”

“Violence existed before our music was even suggested.”

Source : Song: Parental Discretion, Album: Capital Punishment, 1998

“Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.”