"Making fun of guys to get them to perform and prove themselves, that's always going to exist. But we have to equally celebrate them and empower them."

-- Michael Gurian

#Fun Quotes #Guy Quotes #Empowering Quotes

“I was a very naive young man, and I may still be ignorant about a lot of things.”
“You can never make yourself believe that you're loveable, however hard you try, because when the chips are down what you really believe rises to the surface of the mind to replace what you want to believe.”
“Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public. Nothing more contradicts the laws of man or beast, for animals always do each other the honor of sharing or disputing each other's food.”
“The guitar is like a cuisine and you can't expect people to eat the same thing all the time.”
“Think about what it feels like when you interact with someone who makes you notice what's good about yourself (raising your status), who is clear with his expectations of you (increasing certainty), who lets you make decisions (increasing autonomy), who connects with you on a human level (increasing relatedness), and who treats you fairly.”
“Friendship is a simple thing, and yet complicated; friendship is on the surface, something natural, something taken for granted, and yet underneath one could find worlds.”
“Love, life, meaning...over.”
“The world is more magical, less predictable, more autonomous, less controllable, more varied, less simple, more infinite, less knowable, more wonderfully troubling than we could have imagined being able to tolerate when we were young.”

Source : James Hollis (2005). “Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up”, p.72, Penguin

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