"A shattered illusion is a sorrowful experience; but a life without illusion is a sorrowful life"

-- Jose Narosky

#Illusion Quotes #Shattered Quotes #Sorrowful Quotes

“I have so much satisfaction in my life. I have a beautiful wife and the great stimulation of an interesting career. I'm the most happy fellow that I know.”
“Man is always seeking a power, a power to overcome something or destroy something; and therefore he is not living in the awareness of God, because in the realization of the presence of God there is no need to overcome, to destroy, or to do anything.”

Source : Joel S. Goldsmith (2013). “The Joel Goldsmith Reader”, p.42, BookBaby
“Politics, like theater, is one of those things where you've got to be wise enough to know when to leave.”
“I like to wear tight jeans. Most of my stuff is pretty slim fit.”
“Cuts in a sector are never going to be welcomed, and arts funding cut by up to 30% doesn't make nice reading. But cuts are happening across the board, in many sectors for the sake of the economy. And if you look at economically depressed post-war UK, The Beatles, The Who and The Rolling Stones came into fruition... maybe giving weight to the claim that bad economic times can actually lead to greater creativity!”
“It can be shown that maximum diversification is achieved by holding each stock in proportion to its value to the entire market (italics added)... Hindsight plays tricks on our minds... often distorts the past and encourages us to play hunches and outguess other investors, who in turn are playing the same game. For most of us, trying to beat the market leads to disastrous results... our actions lead to much lower returns than can be achieved by just staying in the market.”

Source : Jeremy J. Siegel (1994). “Stocks for the Long Run: A Guide to Selecting Markets for Long-term Growth”, Irwin Professional Publishing
“It is in seeing ourselves whole that we can begin to see ways of working out our differences, of understanding our similarities and of finally forming the cohesive nation that can one day experience the 'domestic tranquility' so hoped for by the framers of the Constitution.”
“If you wait through long, cold hours in the November woods with a bow in your hands hoping a buck will show or if you spend days walking in the African bush trailing Cape buffalo while listening to lions roar, youâ€™re sure to learn hunting isnâ€™t about killing. Nature actually humbles you. Hunting forces a person to endure, to master themselves, even to truly get to know the wild environment. Actually, along the way, hunting and fishing makes you fall in love with the natural world. This is why hunters so often give back by contributing to conservation.”

Source : "How Trump's son's passion for hunting is shaping search for Interior secretary" By Tal Kopan, www.cnn.com. December 9, 2016.

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