"It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow."

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#Self Quotes #Becoming Quotes #Might Quotes

“New York City has fantastic restaurants and, unlike London, a lot of the best restaurants are relatively cheap.”

Source : "I lost my heart in ... New York". Interview With Tim Wapshott, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2003.
“The greatest barrier to own own healing is not the pain, sorrow or violence inflicted upon us as children. Our greatest hindrance is our ongoing capacity to judge, to criticize, and to bring tremendous harm to ourselves. If we can harden our heart against ourselves and meet our most tender feelings with anger and condemnation, we simultaneously armor our heart against the possibility of gentleness, love and healing.”

Source : Wayne Muller (1993). “Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood”, p.62, Simon and Schuster
“I think of you often, dear, and with such concentrated wishes that it really must help you in some way.”
“Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in tunnels, holding your breath and lifting your feet off the ground. Birthday candles. Baby teeth.”
“I think that part of being human is being alone, and being lonely. I think one of the stresses on a lot of our friendships is that we require the people we love to take away that loneliness. and they really can't. And so, when we still feel lonely, even in the company of people we love, we become angry with them because they don't do what we think they're supposed to. Which is really something that they can't do for us.”
“People talking without speaking,/ People listening without hearing...Sounds of Silence.”
“I didn't choose to be the guy who talks about the mundane - it's just who I am and it's what kind of works for me.”
“Against spin, my god, he is really a murderer”

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