Quote by John Cage
There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. - J

There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. – John Cage

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We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life. – John Cage

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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. – John Cage

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Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man it has become the amusement and delight of the few. – John Masefield

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I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while. – Naguib Mahfouz

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You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you. – Joseph Joubert

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It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms. – John Millington Synge

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When some fellers decide to retire nobody knows the difference. – Kin Hubbard

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Committee–a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours. – Milton Berle

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You can press the old year betwixt the pages of a book, but alas! the new chapter always gets written. – Terri Guillemets, “Pressed for time,” 2005

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[M]editation is not just being silent—that is only one part of it…. [I]t has to be creative. And when a poetry comes out of your inner silences, or a painting, it has a flavor which is not of this world. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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