“Moramo donositi odluke, ovdje i sada, iako ne možemo sa sigurnošću razlučiti koja su sredstva i ciljevi najbolji. Cilj i ambicija pružaju nam strukturu nužnu za djelovanje. Cilj nam daje odredište, točku koja je u kontrastu sa sadašnjošću, i okvir unutar kojega se sve može vrjednovati. Cilj određuje napredak i čini taj napredak uzbudljivim. Cilj smanjuje tjeskobu zato što bez cilja sve može značiti bilo što ili ništa, a nijedn od tih mogućnosti ne umiruje duh. Dakle, moramo razmišljati, planirati, ograničavati i određivati, da bismo uopće živjeli. Kako onda zamisliti budućnost i odrediti svoj smjer, bez padanja u zamku napasti totalitarne sigurnosti?”
“Život je patnja. Buddha je to vrlo jasno rekao. Kršćani to prikazuju slikovito, raspećem samoga Boga. Židovska vjera obiluje prisjećanjima na tu istinu. Istovjetnost između života i ograničenja jedna je od primarnih i neizbježnih činjenica postojanja. Ranjivost našega Bića čini nas podložnima bolima društvenoga prosuđivanja, prijezira i neminovna sloma naših tijela.”
“The wine we really drink is our own blood. Our bodies ferment in these barrels. We give everything for a glass of this. We give our minds for a sip.”
“The dream is the metaphysical underform of reality and fatalism; the cornerstone of so close yet so far, ever seemingly feasible and irrational; the true illusion and delusion of self and external perception underpinned by our sense of being and our deepest visions.”
“Chapter header: “Nothing prepares you to meet with the unexpected, but the unexpected.” —Observations in the Afterlife, Araina (2061).”
“there were no retakes we came on stage and spoke our lines then the play ended”
“I m not a jack of all trades. Nor do I want to be. ”
“A belief in nothing is just as much a belief as a belief in something.”
“the world wants to touch your skin i want to touch your heart let me sleep in your arms a bit let me cry a bit in your arms you keep telling me that you are broken but i am the one who is shattered into pieces i have now created a season for you i have now grown the sun for you let the raindrops fall i want to remain thirsty.”
“الداء الحقيقي هو الخوف من الحياة لا الموت.”
“The primary paradox of Christianity is that the ordinary condition of man is not his sane or sensible condition; that the normal itself is an abnormality. That is the inmost philosophy of the Fall.”
“Passion trumps fear”
“you keep telling me that you are broken but I am the one who is shattered into pieces”
“Do the things that people don t want you to do, not to disobey them but to check who loves you in real.”
“But Christianity preaches an obviously unattractive idea, such as original sin; but when we wait for its results, they are pathos and brotherhood, and a thunder of laughter and pity; for only with original sin we can at once pity the beggar and distrust the king. Men of science offer us health, an obvious benefit; it is only afterwards that we discover that by health, they mean bodily slavery and spiritual tedium. Orthodoxy makes us jump by the sudden brink of hell; it is only afterwards that we realize that jumping was an athletic exercise highly beneficial to our health. It is only afterwards that we realize that this danger is the root of all drama and romance.”
“All the real argument about religion turns on the question of whether a man who was born upside down can tell when he comes right way up.”
“We are complete in ourselves. But sometimes it takes a life time for us to understand this. For every doubt that breeds in our own mind, we have a confident thought to balance it! There is light within all of us but sometimes we choose to see only the darkness. We are strong in ourselves but sometimes we choose weakness. Because at the end of the day to have felt sadness means we are capable of discovering the happiness too!”