"No word in our language not even "Socialism" has been employed more loosely than " Mysticism ." ... The history of the word begins in close connexion with the Greek mysteries. A mystic is one who has been, or is being, initiated into some esoteric knowledge of Divine things, about which he must keep his mouth shut..."

-- William Ralph Inge

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“What is creativity? Having spent my life in one creative endeavor after another, I can tell you it's not something magical or mystical. It's something very simple. To me, it's just a moment - a moment where we look at the ordinary, but we see the extraordinary. It happens all the time in my photography.”
“Youth was so mercilessly hard in its decisions; it had its own unyielding standards and had not yet learned enough to know that time would prove them arbitrary.”

Source : Winston Graham (1961). “Jeremy Poldark: a novel of Cornwall, 1790-1791”, Vintage
“If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.”

Source : Rick Pitino (1997). “Success is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life”, Broadway
“In joy and sorrow all are equal, Thus be guardian of all, as of yourself.”
“Investors should be cautiously positioned as the global economy and markets face major uncertainties. The downgrade will be a further headwind to growth and job creation in the U.S.”

Source : " China Weighs in on S&P Downgrade, Says U.S. Should Live Within its Means [Slideshow]" by Laura Matthews, www.ibtimes.com. August 6, 2011.
“First with the head, then with the heart.”
“What could be more simple and more complex, more obvious and more profound than a portrait.”
“No woman dresses below herself from mere caprice.”

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