"A war is not lost until you consider it lost."

-- Erich von Manstein

#War Quotes #Lost Quotes

“Neurotic: someone who can go from the bottom to the top, and back again, without ever once touching the middle.”
“Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them.”
“When the candles are out all women are fair.”
“I am a vigilant monarchist. I want to see things evolve. The direction the monarchy seems to be moving in - towards a more mainland-European model - is one I would feel sympathetic about.”
“To the enlightened man... whose consciousness embraces the universe, to him the universe becomes his 'body', while the physical body becomes the manifestation of the universal mind. His inner vision an expression of the highest reality, and his speech an expression of eternal truth and mantric power.”

Source : Anagarika Govinda (1987). “Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism”, Random House (UK)
“This was great fun and a nice paycheck and then, as these things happen, the show was canceled.”
“It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.”
“Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look," she said. "No," David said. "It changes the way you think.”

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