Ali Marsman > Ali's Quotes

“...If all in the world were singing and dancing
oh, what a sight that would be,
dancing with friends with the world
at our sides
La, La La, La? La La, La La La La, La!
If all in the world were singing and dancing
oh, what a sight that we need!”
― Ali Marsman, A Song ... A Dance ... A Play ... A Musical Book For You!

“Week 1:
'One hundred percent of positiveness,will raise us to the point of successfulness, in reaching our level of human kindness.”
― Ali Marsman, Sporadic Memories

“Week 51:
Believe that everyone has good intentions and keep yours the same.”
― Ali Marsman, Sporadic Memories

“Week 34:
Write a love letter to yourself and then give yourself to someone as special.”
― Ali Marsman, Sporadic Memories

“Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”
― Albert Einstein

“The human face has limited space. If you fill it with laughter there will be no room for crying.”
― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

“Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple

“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

“He asked, 'Croesus, who told you to attack my land and meet me as an enemy instead of a friend?'

The King replied, 'It was caused by your good fate and my bad fate. It was the fault of the Greek gods, who with their arrogance, encouraged me to march onto your lands. Nobody is mad enough to choose war whilst there is peace. During times of peace, the sons bury their fathers, but in war it is the fathers who send their sons to the grave.”
― Herodotus, The Histories

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
― C.G. Jung

“Writers and artists know that ethereal moment, when just one, fleeting something--a chill, an echo, the click of a lamp, a question—-ignites the flame of an entire work that blazes suddenly into consciousness.”
― Nadine C. Keels

“Vulnerability starts at birth. We emerge from the womb cold, naked and crying, just hoping to be held in a warm embrace.”
― J. Autherine

“The Wild Heart wants promises of forever. The Peaceful Soul just wants harmony in the present.”
― J. Autherine, Wild Heart, Peaceful Soul: Poems and Inspiration to Live and Love Harmoniously

“In the eyes of God, you are light and easy to carry. I pray that your journey will always be easy and those that are placed in your path will embrace you with open arms, ready to pour goodness into your life.”
― J. Autherine, Wild Heart, Peaceful Soul: Poems and Inspiration to Live and Love Harmoniously

“Religion is something between you and other people; it’s full of interpretations and theories and opinions. But faith . . . that’s just between you and God.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot

“Life is beautiful. I feel beauty all around me, in the sunshine, in the winds,in the rains, in the people, everywhere.”
― Vidushi Gupta, The Unending Maze: Because Finding Your Way Out Has Never Been More Difficult

“The simple act of giving is capable of creating great emotions in people.”
― Maria Tzoutzopoulou, At This Time of the Year

“What strength does a mother have, and from which of her body cells does that energy come from?”
― Maria Tzoutzopoulou, En Route

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“To understand the Dreamtime, you must understand that we do not own the land. The land is our mother and she owns and nurtures us.”
― Lance Morcan, White Spirit

“You don't have to be great to get started, but
You do have to get started to be great.”
― Jason A. Joseph

“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.”
― Stephen Fry

“Know yourself, use your voice but let your good and compassionate actions speak louder.”
― C.C. Uzoh

“Don't let small people talk you out of pursuing your big dreams.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Where truth rises ignorance falls.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.”
― Julia Cameron

“Die slowly

He who becomes the slave of habit,
who follows the same routes every day,
who never changes pace,
who does not risk and change the color of his clothes,
who does not speak and does not experience,
dies slowly.

He or she who shuns passion,
who prefers black on white,
dotting ones "it’s" rather than a bundle of emotions, the kind that make your eyes glimmer,
that turn a yawn into a smile,
that make the heart pound in the face of mistakes and feelings,
dies slowly.

He or she who does not turn things topsy-turvy,
who is unhappy at work,
who does not risk certainty for uncertainty,
to thus follow a dream,
those who do not forego sound advice at least once in their lives,
die slowly.

He who does not travel, who does not read,
who does not listen to music,
who does not find grace in himself,
she who does not find grace in herself,
dies slowly.

He who slowly destroys his own self-esteem,
who does not allow himself to be helped,
who spends days on end complaining about his own bad luck, about the rain that never stops,
dies slowly.

He or she who abandon a project before starting it, who fail to ask questions on subjects he doesn't know, he or she who don't reply when they are asked something they do know,
die slowly.

Let's try and avoid death in small doses,
reminding oneself that being alive requires an effort far greater than the simple fact of breathing.

Only a burning patience will lead
to the attainment of a splendid happiness.”
― Martha Medeiros

“In a heartbeat life was taken
And darkness entered your eyes
And while the earth and sky may see
tomorrow
For you my love,
The dawn will never rise”
― Kimelene Carr, Sans Espoir