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The purpose of sound is silence.

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In chanting, one tries to find one's own sound, literally, and then to go within that-to find the sounds within one's own sound, to bring out that which is within, to go into, explore and discover oneself.

Jill Purce Author

The word crisis- is from the Greek, meaning a moment to decide.- The recurrent moments of crisis and decision when understood, are growth junctures, points of initiation which mark a release from one state of being and a growth into the next.

Jill Purce Author

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

Alanis Morissette Singer-Songwriter

We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.

Abraham Verghese Physician

Goods can serve many other purposes besides purchasing money, but money can serve no other purpose besides purchasing goods.

Adam Smith Philosopher

The words are purposes./The words are maps./I came to see the damage that was done/and the treasures that prevail.

Adrienne Rich Poet

You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.

Ai Weiwei Contemporary Artist

God does not stop at rescuing us; the purpose of that rescue is to enjoy fellowship with us.

Aiden Wilson Tozer Author

Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

Alan Perlis Computer Scientist

I have made the Bhagwad Gita as the main source of my inspiration and guide for the purpose of scientific investigations and formation of my theories.

Albert Einstein Theoretical Physicist

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