10 Quotes & Sayings By Eugene Kennedy

Eugene Kennedy is best known as "the spiritual heir" to the Americana / bluegrass music of his native South. A celebrated guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, Eugene has been a leader of the top recording artists in the bluegrass world for more than thirty years. As one of the earliest members of the legendary Del McCoury Band, Eugene toured with its founder for sixteen years before leaving to form his own band. Eugene has recorded over 100 albums in his career Read more

Eugene is currently recording his first solo album in Nashville, TN.

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Mercy is a source of life because we breathe our own spirits through it into the lives of others. Eugene Kennedy
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The moment an individual can accept and forgive himself even a little is the moment in which he becomes to some degree lovable. Eugene Kennedy
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There would be no need for love if perfection were possible. Love arises from our imperfection, from our being different and always in need of the forgiveness, encouragement and that missing half of ourselves that we are searching for, as the Greek myth tells us, in order to complete ourselves. Eugene Kennedy
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The perception of the horizon is an earthbound event; all horizons disappear in space, and we are left shorn of the sweet roots that have held us to the earth, challenged to imagine what is truly present just before us, a unified and seemingly limitless universe. Eugene Kennedy
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Pope Benedict XVI's resignation is big on buzz but is not the stunning surprise claimed by many pundits. It is rather a further example of the German theology professor's style that informed his years as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, his term as pope, and the formation of his legacy to the church. Eugene Kennedy
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9/11 revealed that those about to die do not seem afraid or plead for forgiveness for their sins, if they think about them at all. They all have one thing in mind - those they love - and they all do the same thing: They call them up - spouses, family or friends - to tell them they love them. Eugene Kennedy
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The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple? Eugene Kennedy
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Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not. Eugene Kennedy
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Hierarchical formulations died because their wedding cake levels posited a multiply fractured cosmos that does not match the Space Age revelation of a unified universe in which the earth is clearly in, rather than separated from, the heavens. Hierarchical representations do not reflect what either the world or we are like. Eugene Kennedy