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Leave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry. — John Lancaster Spalding

Contradiction is the salt which keeps truth from corruption — John Lancaster Spalding

To think profoundly, to seek and speak truth, to love justice and denounce wrong is to draw upon one's self the ill will of many. — John Lancaster Spalding

The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge. — Esperanza Spalding

Learn to thrill yourself ... Make everything bright and beautiful about you. Cultivate a spirit of humor. Enjoy the sunshine. — Baird T. Spalding

When we have attained success, we see how inferior it is to the hope, yearning and enthusiasm with which we started forth in life's morning. — John Lancaster Spalding

There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation. — Esperanza Spalding

Faith, like love, unites; opinion, like hate, separates. — John Lancaster Spalding

Two hours is about as long as any American can wait for the close of a baseball game, or anything else for that matter. — Al Spalding

Reform the world within thyself, which is thy proper world. — John Lancaster Spalding

The common man is impelled and controlled by interests; the superior, by ideas. — John Lancaster Spalding

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know. — John Lancaster Spalding

We may outgrow the things of children, without acquiring sense and relish for those which become a man. — John Lancaster Spalding

The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope. — John Lancaster Spalding

There's enough time in the day: If you go to bed at 10 and start your day at 6, there's a lot you can do in a day! — Esperanza Spalding

If ancient descent could confer nobility, the lower forms of life would possess it in a greater degree than man. — John Lancaster Spalding

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility. — Esperanza Spalding

I understood once I held a baby in my arms, why some people have the need to keep having them. — Spalding Gray

When I first came to New York City in 1967, I joined up with Richard Schechner's Performance Group - where we worked in the Performing Garage in SoHo. — Spalding Gray

He won't fly on the Balinese airline, Garuda, because he won't fly on any airline where the pilots believe in reincarnation. — Spalding Gray

I see [my pen] as an extension of my musculature. It's like being a painter. It's the closest I can get to my breath. — Spalding Gray

I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup. — Spalding Gray

Everything is possible to him that dares. — Albert Goodwill Spalding

I'm a Spalding Gray in a Rick Dees world. — Homer

When people used to ask me why I got involved with Hollywood films, I would say jokingly that it was for the health insurance. — Spalding Gray

I'm basically a fearful person. I'm a phobic person. — Spalding Gray

What we enjoy, not what we possess, is ours, and in labouring for the possession of many things, we lose the power to enjoy the best. — John Lancaster Spalding

Care not who is richer or more learned than thou, if none be more generous and loving. — John Lancaster Spalding

If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am? — John Lancaster Spalding

We are not masters of the truth which is borne in upon us: it overpowers us. — John Lancaster Spalding

The will the one thing it is most important to educate we neglect. — John Lancaster Spalding

Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life. — John Lancaster Spalding

If we are disappointed that men give little heed to what we utter is it for their sake or our own? — John Lancaster Spalding

Make thyself perfect; others, happy. — John Lancaster Spalding

I refer to jet lag as 'jet-psychosis - there's an old saying that the spirit cannot move faster than a camel. — Spalding Gray

There are faults which show heart and win hearts, while the virtue in which there is no love, repels. — John Lancaster Spalding

It's not a real relationship if you're not spending at least half of it pretending to get along fine for the benefit of other people.' Adam — Nick Spalding

Liberty is more precious than money or office; and we should be vigilant lest we purchase wealth or place at the price of inner freedom. — John Lancaster Spalding

A gentleman does not appear to know more or to be more than those with whom he is thrown into company. — John Lancaster Spalding

I am insubordinate by nature. I can't help it. — Esperanza Spalding

The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible. — John Lancaster Spalding

There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious. — John Lancaster Spalding

Language should be pure, noble and graceful, as the body should be so: for both are vestures of the Soul. — John Lancaster Spalding

And in this role (the Stage Manager) I could speak from my heart, you know! ... provided I can memorize the lines. — Spalding Gray

My name means 'hope' in Spanish and it's a name I want to live up to. — Esperanza Spalding

Be suspicious of your sincerity when you are the advocate of that upon which your livelihood depends. — John Lancaster Spalding

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort. — John Lancaster Spalding

The aim of education is to strengthen and multiply the powers and activities of the mind rather than to increase its possessions. — John Lancaster Spalding

As the visit of one we love makes the whole day pleasant, so is it illumined and made fair by a brave and beautiful thought. — John Lancaster Spalding

If thou wouldst help others deal with them as though they were what they should be — John Lancaster Spalding

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance. — Al Spalding

When I read, you know, a rough neighborhood of Portland, I'm like - what? - they didn't have kombucha bars there? — Esperanza Spalding

I think there's so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. It's not contextualized. — Esperanza Spalding

If we fail to interest, whether because we are dull and heavy, or because our hearers are so, we teach in vain. — John Lancaster Spalding

I don't watch TV, I don't spend time on the Internet, and I don't party much. I don't text very much, either. — Esperanza Spalding

All the beautiful waitresses existed like eternal responsibilities. — Spalding Gray

If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting? — John Lancaster Spalding

Do definite good; first of all to yourself, then to definite persons. — John Lancaster Spalding

As we can not love what is hateful, let us accustom ourselves neither to think nor to speak of disagreeable things and persons. — John Lancaster Spalding

The lover of education labors first of all to educate himself. — John Lancaster Spalding

I like to read, and I like dance. I don't dance, but I like to see other people dance. — Esperanza Spalding

The innocence which is simply ignorance is not virtue. — John Lancaster Spalding

If thy friends tire of thee, remember that it is human to tire of everything. — John Lancaster Spalding

When we know and love the best we are content to lack the approval of the many. — John Lancaster Spalding

Everything is contingent, and there is also chaos. — Spalding Gray

Break not the will of the young, but guide it to right ends. — John Lancaster Spalding

When one sense has been bribed the others readily bear false witness. — John Lancaster Spalding

Don't ever live vicariously. This is your life. Live. — Lavinia Spalding

Unless we consent to lack the common things which men call success, we shall hardly become heroes or saints, philosophers or poets. — John Lancaster Spalding

The writers who accomplish most are those who compel thought on the highest and most profoundly interesting subjects. — John Lancaster Spalding

He's wearing a totally normal T-shirt from the mall or whatever, but it hangs on him like the shirt has fulfilled its sole mission in life. — Amy Spalding

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all. — Esperanza Spalding

Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me. — Esperanza Spalding

Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing; put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle. — John Lancaster Spalding

It is a common error to imagine that to be stirring and voluble in a worthy cause is to be good and to do good. — John Lancaster Spalding

It's weird sometimes to have people not see me or see what I do. — Esperanza Spalding

Say not thou lackest talent. What talent had any of the greatest, but passionate faith in the efficacy of work? — John Lancaster Spalding

Passion is begotten of passion, and it easily happens, as with the children of great men, that the base is the offspring of the noble. — John Lancaster Spalding

If we attempt to sink the soul in matter, its light is quenched. — John Lancaster Spalding

The common prejudice against philosophy is the result of the incapacity of the multitude to deal with the highest problems. — John Lancaster Spalding

Culture makes the whole world our dwelling place; our palace in which we take our ease and find ourselves at one with all things. — John Lancaster Spalding

I grew up with an incredibly loving and supportive family that gave me the impression there were a lot of options for me out there. — Esperanza Spalding

I'm glad you came over Dev. Things have been pretty shitty lately."
"Not the same as always?"
"Guess I don't even know anymore. — Amy Spalding

Base thy life on principle, not on rules. — John Lancaster Spalding

The highest courage is to appear to be what one is. — John Lancaster Spalding

My wealth lay in my ability to assist others, so that was my focus. — Tina Louise Spalding

The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is part of their ability. — John Lancaster Spalding

Whom little things occupy and keep busy, are little men. — John Lancaster Spalding

I always say that the problem with jazz accessibility is not the content of the music, it's people's ability to access it. — Esperanza Spalding

Where it is the chief aim to teach many things, little education is given or received. — John Lancaster Spalding

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed. — John Lancaster Spalding

Exercise of body and exercise of mind are supplementary, and both may be made recreative and educative. — John Lancaster Spalding

Healing is awakening to the perfection that already is ours. — Baird T. Spalding

To learn the worth of a man's religion, do business with him. — John Lancaster Spalding

A hobby is the result of a distorted view of things. It is putting a planet in the place of a sun. — John Lancaster Spalding

The teacher does best, not when he explains, but when he impels his pupils to seek themselves the explanation. — John Lancaster Spalding

If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject. — John Lancaster Spalding

You don't have to be fearless to do anything, you can be scared out of your mind. — Esperanza Spalding

If there were nothing else to trouble us, the fate of the flowers would make us sad. — John Lancaster Spalding

The genius of our institutions is democratic - baseball is a democratic game. — Al Spalding