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And what went wrong when other alchemists tried to make gold and were unable to do so?" "They were looking only for gold his companion answered. They were seeking the treasure of their personal legend, without wanting actually to live out the personal legend. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#journeys #life-lessons #life-philosophy #life

Life is like drugs, you can always get high on it... ↗

— Dj-trippin

#life

I went to interview some of these early Jewish colonial zealots—written off in those days as mere 'fringe' elements—and found that they called themselves Gush Emunim or—it sounded just as bad in English—'The Bloc of the Faithful.' Why not just say 'Party of God' and have done with it? At least they didn't have the nerve to say that they stole other people's land because their own home in Poland or Belarus had been taken from them. They said they took the land because god had given it to them from time immemorial. In the noisome town of Hebron, where all of life is focused on a supposedly sacred boneyard in a dank local cave, one of the world's less pretty sights is that of supposed yeshivah students toting submachine guns and humbling the Arab inhabitants. When I asked one of these charmers where he got his legal authority to be a squatter, he flung his hand, index finger outstretched, toward the sky. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#belarus #colonialism #god #guns #gush-emunim

There would be a lot fewer of us screwing up the game of life so brilliantly, if there was always a right answer instead of just a best--or even a less bad--answer. ↗

— Claire Cross

#life-and-living #life-lessons #life

God put us on this carnival ride, We close our eyes not knowing were it will take us next ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#life

When you are at the top then is only one way to go and thats "Down ↗

— Irshad Kaukab

#life

Allora ti piace l’amore?” “ E’ pericoloso. Ci scappano ferite e poi per la giustizia altre ferite. Non è serenata al balcone, somiglia a una mareggiata di libeccio, strapazza il mare sopra, e sotto lo rimescola. Non lo so se mi piace. ↗

— Erri De Luca

#ferite #life-lessons #life

I'm sixteen with what I hope will be a long life ahead, but I'm willing to give it up, to give anything to let her live, to let her make it through the night. ↗

— Travis Thrasher

#christian-fiction #good-reads #horror #redemption #solitary

Many things become clearer with the perspective of maturity gained. ↗

— Jacqueline Patricks

#jacqueline-patricks #life-lessons #maturity #perscpective #life

Even in the privacy of our own thoughts, we can’t sow lies and reap truth. ↗

— Katina Ferguson

#principles #life