"The great benefit of slowing down is reclaiming the time and tranquility to make meaningful connections--with people, with culture, with work, with nature, with our own bodies and minds"

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Source : Carl Honoré (2004). “In praise of slow: how a worldwide movement is challenging the cult of speed”, A.A. Knopf Canada

Carl Honore

#Meaningful Quotes #People Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Anybody who thinks there`s not a vast right-wing conspiracy in this country must also think that Ken Starr should be our next ambassador to Luxembourg.”
“We think we can â€“ as normal people generally do â€“ put up with a certain amount of unanalyzed unconscious material as long as it remains more or less quiet and does not interfere with normal life and normal activities When the unconscious disturbs, it has to be dealt with; if it keeps quiet, we do not make a systematic offensive against it.”
“The time was simply ripe for the disappearance of tonality. Naturally this was a fierce struggle; inhibitions of the most frightful kind had to be overcome, the panic fear, 'Is that possible, then?' So it came about that gradually a piece was written, firmly and consciously, that wasn't in a definite key any more.”
“For instance, in group therapy, I'll have people stand up, show off, give a speech about themselves as though they've just died and have to give a eulogy. Even with this explicit permission - even an order - to say something nice about themselves, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They'd rather take their clothes off.”
“One day these will just be memories that I haveso I try to enjoy it as much as possible”
“She can't just be a face, a body; there has to be more than that, some kind of connection. And I can't connect, don't want to connect, with anyone.”
“The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life.”
“What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.”

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