I've been reading some interesting quotes recently while doing blog research.
Here's one inscribed on a candy dish I recently purchased:
"All my life I wanted to be somebody. Now I realize I should have been more specific."
(Jane Wagner)
A few gems from Fritz Perls: - some previously published here:
"Nobody can stand the truth if it is told to them. Truth can be tolerated only if you discover it yourself because then the pride of discovery makes the truth palatable."
"You cannot achieve happiness. Happiness happens and is a transitory stage. Imagine how happy I was when I got relief from bladder pressure. How long did that happiness last?"
"Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge."
And the logical follow-up?
"I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations. And you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I. And if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful. If not, it can't be helped."
Wish I had found them earlier.
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