"To be alone is to be free, and freedom was the only happiness accessible to my nature."

-- Isabelle Eberhardt

“I don't believe that life can be counted by years or days, but by experience and how you leave the world by the way you live.”

Source : Jerri Nielsen, Maryanne Vollers (2002). “Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole”, Miramax Books
“Of course, pictures of objects also have this transcendental side to them. Every object, being part of an ultimately incomprehensible world, also embodies that world; when represented in a picture, the object conveys this mystery all the more powerfully, the less of a 'function' the picture has. Hence, for instance, the growing fascination of many beautiful old portraits.”
“Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.”
“Flirting is conversational chemistry.”
“I believe in the potential of all things possibly imagined that can be made into a reality.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“When we do not know the truth of a thing, it is good that there should exist a common error which determines the mind of man, as, for example, the moon, to which is attributed the change of seasons, the progress of diseases, etc. For the chief malady of man is a restless curiosity about things which he cannot understand; and it is not so bad for him to be in error as to be curious to no purpose.”
“Life is a musical influence in my experience. But as far as actual music and actual bands, uh, I'll just look at my little collection here. Let's see. Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, U2, The Talking Heads, Prince and the Revolution, Michael Jackson's Thriller was a huge one.”
“Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.”

Source : Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.60, Bantam

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