Scheherenata

“One must never forget when misfortunes come that it is quite possible they are saving one from something much worse; or that when you make some great mistake, it may very easily serve you better than the best-advised decision. Life is a whole, and luck is a whole, and no part of them can be separated from the rest.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill: The Power of Words: His remarkable life recounted through his writings and speeches

“Carl Jung put it, “In each of us there is another whom we do not know.”
― David Eagleman, Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

“In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic excellence is incorruptible. Pleasure cannot be bargained down. And sometimes the meal is the only currency that is real.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist