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If we don't learn to mythologize our lives, inevitably we will pathologize them.
Richard Rohr
“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”
(Marcel Proust)
what we pay attention to, grows.
Da spricht wahrscheinlich der ehemalige Chemielehrer aus mir aber ich muss jedes Mal den Kopf schütteln, wenn es heißt, man habe „chemische Substanzen“ gefunden... welche? Womöglich sogar Dihydrogenmonoxid?
“It's so simple, yet makes such a difference. Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.'”
— Mary Kay Ash
Patience is a form of wisdom.
It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact
that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.
(Jon Kabat-Zinn)
There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.
Kazuo Ishiguro
The worst of all things is not to live in a physical world - Wallace Steven
“We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart.”
(Pema Chödrön)
Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do,
but it doesn’t get you very far.
(Jodi Picoult)