„And how much better to die in all the happy period of undisillusioned youth, to go out in a blaze of light, than to have your body worn out and old and illusions shattered.“

— Ernest Hemingway

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„I find men victims of illusions in all parts oflife. Children, youths, adults and old men, all are led by one bauble or another. Yoganidra, the goddess of illusion, is stronger than the Titans, stronger than Apollo.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
„It is not so much light that fallsover the worldextended by your bodyits suffocating snow,as brightness, pouring itself out of you,as if you wereburning inside.Under your skin the moon is alive.“
— Pablo Neruda
„The demography of happiness, in this study the government found out that young people are happier than old people, and they found out that people that earn more are happier than people that earn less, and they found out that well people are happier than sick people… It took $249,000 to find out that it’s better to be rich, young and healthy than old, poor and sick.“
— Ronald Reagan
„Come out into the broad light of day, come out from the little narrow paths, for how can the infinite soul rest content to live and die in small ruts?“
— Swami Vivekananda