"A fierce and monkish art; a castigation of the flesh. You must cut out your imagination and not fly an airplane but regulate a half-dozen instruments . . . .At first, the conflicts between animal sense and engineering brain are irresistibly strong."

-- Wolfgang Langewiesche

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“Cultivate your sense of humour. On life's journey from nappy rash to denture adhesive, humour is a great pain reliever.”
“I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
“for the first time in my life i realize why hangers are called hangers, because after fifteen minutes of trying things on and throwing them aside, all i want to do is hook one to the top of my closet door, lean my neck into the loop, and let my weight fall.”
“The quest for our origin is the sweet fruit's juice which maintains satisfaction in the minds of the philosophers.”

Source : "The Golden Ratio" by Mario Livio, (p. 124), 2002.
“Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.”
“Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.”

Source : Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander (2002). “The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life”, p.51, Penguin
“... the truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger....”
“There is no instinct like that of the heart.”

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