Favourite Quotations (Moderator: Frederique)

Η μονοτονία καταρρέει τον χρόνο, η καινοτομία τον ξεδιπλώνει

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All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

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Ἔλεγαν γιὰ κάποιον γέροντα στὴ Σκήτη ὅτι πέθαινε, καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ στάθηκαν γύρω στὸ κρεβάτι του, τὸν τακτοποίησαν καὶ ἄρχισαν νὰ κλαῖνε. Ἐκεῖνος ἄνοιξε τὰ μάτια του καὶ γέλασε· μετὰ ἀπὸ λίγο πάλι γέλασε· ἔπειτα γέλασε καὶ τρίτη φορά. Τὸν παρακάλεσαν τότε οἱ ἀδελφοί: - Πές μας, ἀββᾶ, γιατί ἐμεῖς κλαῖμε καὶ ἐσὺ γελᾶς;... Ἐκεῖνος τοὺς ἀποκρίθηκε: - Τὴν πρώτη φορὰ γέλασα, γιατί ὅλοι σας φοβᾶστε τὸν θάνατο· τὴ δεύτερη, γιατί δὲν εἶστε ἕτοιμοι καὶ τὴν τρίτη φορὰ γέλασα, γιατί ἀπὸ τὸν κόπο πηγαίνω στὴν ἀνάπαυση. Μόλις τὸ εἶπε αὐτό, ἀμέσως κοιμήθηκε.

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When it comes to being in a relationship with a malignant narcissist the best way that you can cope with that kind of relationship is to get out of it.

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Trauma is not an excuse for perpetuating harm and suffering, nor a get-out-of-jail-free card for causing emotional or physical pain to others.

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If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life—and only then will I be free to become myself.

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I can do nothing for you but work on myself... you can do nothing for me but work on yourself.

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Love knows only the beginning; it knows no end. In spite of everything it goes on loving, it is unconditional, it is its very nature to be unconditional. A conditional love is a form of hatred. A conditional love is a form of exploitation. A conditional love is nothing but infatuation, sexuality. Unconditional is the only way love can be. Wherever a condition comes in, love disappears. It cannot live in bondage, and the condition imprisons. Love can live only like the vast sky. Love knows no boundaries.

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When you stick to what you're comfortable with, doing the same things you've always done, you're in effect living in the past—not moving forward. You're repeating things and behaviors that at one time in your life were risky since you didn't know what they would lead to, but have since turned into routine. Think about it: How can you go to new places if you never leave the house? How can you make friends and start romances without meeting new people? How can you do anything new by doing what you've always done?

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When you are free to be open and available, with nothing held back, no lies, no withholds or half-truths, you really are your most expressive, most alive self.

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Often the reason you can't see the solution is because you're too close to the problem. Zoom out a little, zoom out a LOT and look at the big picture. This is a phenomenon similar to what psychologists call “cognitive restructuring”—shifting the way in which your problems are presenting themselves in your life.

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The impossible only becomes possible in the moment you believe it is.

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Sometimes our mind is like the equivalent of a funhouse mirror, distorting and contorting and blurring our lives and our potential.

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I expect nothing and accept everything → δεν περιμένω τίποτα και αποδέχομαι τα πάντα

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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

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If you can't even stop watching TV long enough to get your life together, you obviously don't want to change. That's basic shit. It's the bare minimum, to be honest.

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