Phantasmix

I’m looking for inspiration this weekend, so more quotes than usual.

If you believe you can or if you believe you cannot, you are right.

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• All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.
• Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
• Business is a combination of war and sport.
• In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
• Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
• A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

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“The only way you get a real education in the market is to invest cash, track your trade, and study your mistakes.”

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A bit of optimism, never hurts:

“It’s never too late to be who you might have been.”

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“The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations have been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith to great courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency; from dependency back to bondage.”

Sir Alex Fraser Tyler, “Decline And Fall of the Athenian Republic”, circa 1799

P.S. I know, I know - posting quotes is an easy way out But I’m enjoying sharing them. Soon I’ll return to the regular conversational posts.

Theme of the week - fear and risk.

Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.

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“I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.”

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