"Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us most is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow people. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone."
- don Juan, "Journey to Ixtlan" ... (Carlos Castaneda)
“The World is increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more? How do you sell an anti-aging moisturizer? You make someone worry about aging. How do you get people to vote for a political party? You make them worry about immigration. How do you get them to buy insurance? By making them worry about everything. How do you get them to have plastic surgery? By highlighting their physical flaws. How do you get them to watch a TV show? By making them worry about missing out. How do you get them to buy a new smartphone? By making them feel like they are being left behind.
To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, human selves, would not be good for business.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive
“If we only wanted to be happy it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult since we think them to be happier than they are.”
― Montesquieu - Slate
“Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remember.”
― Author Unknown
“Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.”
― Oscar Wilde
“When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.”
― Chinese Proverb
“When a man talks dirty to a woman, it's sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man, it's $3.95 a minute.”
― Author Unknown
“Curve: The loveliest distance between two points.”
― Mae West
“I am selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe
“If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.”
― George C. Marshall
“Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.”
― Pete Seeger
“The best index to a person's character is: [a] how they treat people who can't do them any good, and [b] how they treat people who can't fight back.”
― Abigail van Buren
“The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.”
― Bruce Lee
“You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.”
From: Extraction (2020)
“I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.”
― Paulo Coelho