"When I turned 45, I lay in bed reflecting on all life had taught me. My soul sprang a leak and ideas flowed out. My pen simply caught them and set the words on paper. I typed them up and turned them into a newspaper column of the 45 lessons life taught me. When I hit 50, I added five more lessons and the paper ran the column again."

-- Regina Brett

#Life Lesson Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Soul Quotes

“It is self-love and its offspring self-deception, which shut the gates of heaven, and lead men, as if in a delicious dream, to hell.”

Source : Christian Scriver (1857). “Gotthold's Emblems: or Invisible things understood by things that are made. Tr. by R. Menzies”, p.128
“I loved sitting on my veranda sipping quality scotch, puffing a Cuban cigar and watching Cuba on the horizon, or the oceanic vista. Did this late in the evenings many times.”
“Either you capture the mystery of things or you reveal the mystery. Everything else is just information.”
“You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest. Except when you don't. Because, sometimes, you won't.”
“Greedy bankers trashing the economy are to blame, not migrants.”
“Stop the words now. Open the window in the center of your chest, and let the spirits fly in and out.”
“The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise.”
“Don't you think that any secret course is an unworthy one?”

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