"A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with Reality, and lives in a world of illusion."

-- Alan Watts

#Wisdom Quotes #Reality Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Nietzsche, who you don't spend too much time with after the age of seventeen, did have that one great line about "he who stares into the abyss must know that the abyss also stares into him" and I never really understood that until my friend got killed and you really get your head around the idea of what horror means. It's a truly awful thing, to really, kind of have that understanding of things and when you really peer into that.”
“It's awkward and silent as I wait for you to say, what I need to hear now, your sincere apology. When you mean it, I'll believe it, if you text it I'll delete, let's be clear. Oh, I'm not coming back, you're taking 7 steps here...”
“Harness the fire hidden in The Eucharist to bring about a true brotherhood and unity.”
“I think it's very interesting that [doctors] privilege the self that is saying, "I don't want to die," but want to discount the self that said, "I want to allow natural death in such a situation."”
“Nowadays, 'invisibility' was supposed to be the big problem, but the way I saw it was, all that mattered was to be visible to yourself.”
“All survival situations revolve around a host of variables...Always adapt, think positive, and move forward.”
“No human law can abolish the natural and original right of marriage, nor in any way limit the chief and principal purpose of marriage ordained by Godâ€™s authority from the beginning: â€œIncrease and multiply.”

Source : Pope Leo XIII (1990). “A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII”, p.147, TAN Books
“Take people's advice and guidance in the beginning, but always follow your instincts first”

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