Paphian Park Quotes & Sayings

It would not be too strong to say that I felt sane for the first time in my life. And yet the change in my consciousness seemed entirely straightforward. I was simply talking to my friend - about what, I don't recall - and realized that I had ceased to be concerned about myself. I was no longer anxious, self-critical, guarded by irony, in competition, avoiding embarrassment, ruminating about the past and future, or making any other gesture of thought or attention that separated me from him. I was no longer watching myself through another person's eyes. — Sam Harris

It's ridiculous to throw away the present just because you're afraid there might not be a future, she said to herself, adding, Besides, not everything will necessarily happen tomorrow, some things will happen only the day after tomorrow — Jose Saramago

When you ask people, "What's America's longest war?" they usually answer "Vietnam" or amend that to "Afghanistan," but it's neither. America's longest war is the war on drugs. — Don Winslow

Dictatorial tendencies rarely contain themselves to just one aspect of work. — Eric Schmidt

Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in. — John Selden

Perhaps it is better to have a place to go to that you hate than to have no place at all. — Alistair MacLeod

Because it's so hard to be kind to the world when all you've ever felt is hate. Because it's so hard to see goodness in the world when all you've ever known is terror — Tahereh Mafi

He who talks more is sooner exhausted. — Lao-Tzu

You slight yourself when you're easily slighted. — James Cook

We are taught to reinvent ourselves all the time. And nature is teaching us. What is necessary for us to do to create sustainability? There's a shift that has to take hold in our thinking, and it's hard to know when it's going to click for the larger percentage of us. — Horst Rechelbacher