"Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves."

-- Milan Kundera

#Success Quotes #Fall Quotes #Voice Quotes

“I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries. That pretty well brings us up to the present.”
“He is extremely loyal to his friends, but he is tougher than anyone if he feels betrayed.”
“Separation can make us feel helpless and powerless, like we have no control. To withstand this negative force, we must return to our inner core, and that takes work. That takes time and patience.”
“The most comprehensive formulation of therapeutic goals is the striving for wholeheartedness: to be without pretense, to be emotionally sincere, to be able to put the whole of oneself into one's feelings, one's work, one's beliefs.”

Source : Karen Horney (2013). “Our Inner Conflicts: A CONSTRUCTIVE THEORY OF NEUROSIS”, p.242, Routledge
“Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up.”
“The supreme task of the Church is the evangelization of the world.”
“The objective is to do things well in London.”
“When I look back on everything I've done, it all somehow makes sense to me. But it doesn't make sense when you're actually doing it.”

Source : Interview with Keanu Reeves, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2014.

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