Every so often, I will dedicate a post to various quotes that are meaningful both to myself---and to the clients of my practice both past and present. Here is my latest batch; hope you will find those that most resonate with you---and consider writing each down on a post-it note and displaying it where you can see/access it when you need to:
"There is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing."
"Darkness cannot drive our darkness; only light can do that."
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
"Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently."
"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another."
"And the devil whispered, "You can't withstand the storm." I whispered back, "You clearly don't know who you 're talking to."
"Make time for the quiet moments, as God whispers and the world is loud."
"Be the kind of person your demons run from."
"The truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away."
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it."
"If nothing is true, everything is permitted."
"Everyone gets to choose how much truth they can stand."
"Truth is not determined by majority vote."
"Objective reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
"You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality."
"Common sense is not a gift. It is a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it."
"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubt, while the stupid ones are full of confidence."
"The truth doesn't mind being questioned. A lie does."
"We've now sunk to a depth where restating the obvious is the first duty of intelligent people."
"People will believe anything if it lets them avoid thinking."
"The truth is still the truth even if no one believes it. A lie is still a lie even if everyone believes it."
"If nothing changes, nothing changes."
"If you lie down with the dogs, you will catch their fleas."
"Your vibe is your tribe. Choose wisely."
"Always tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you said."
"Codependency is to relationships what ticks are to humans. Recognize the dynamic. Decline participation. Remove yourself."
"Codependency is setting yourself on fire in case your person feels cold."
"Codependency is like you are drowning, but someone else's life is flashing before your eyes."
"Codependency teaches that people addiction only works when the two parties involved are "equally" enough addicted to each other--and in only good ways. Good luck with that sh**!"
"Addiction is the radical escape from reality . Sobriety is the radical return to it (reality)."
"To lie is to recoil from relationship. You have no desire to honestly understand another person, and you certainly have no desire to be honestly understood by another person."
Until next post...