Димитра

“Where there is light, there must be shadow, and where there is shadow there must be light. There is no shadow without light and no light without shadow. Karl Jung said this about 'the Shadow' in one of his books: 'It is as evil as we are positive... the more desperately we try to be good and wonderful and perfect, the more the Shadow develops a definite will to be black and evil and destructive... The fact is that if one tries beyond one's capacity to be perfect, the shadow descends to hell and becomes the devil. For it is just as sinful from the standpoint of nature and of truth to be above oneself as to be below oneself.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“There are things we know for certain."
"Oh? Name one."
"The sun's going to come up tomorrow morning."
"Why?"
"It always has."
"Does that really mean that it always will?"
A faint look of consternation crossed her face. "It will, won't it?"
"Probably, but we can't be absolutely certain. Once you've decided that something's absolutely true, you've closed your mind on it, and a closed mind doesn't go anywhere. Question everything, Pol. That's what education's all about.”
― David Eddings, Belgarath the Sorcerer

“Ти сляпа си, любов, слепиш и нас.
Не виждам туй, което виждам ясно.
Не знам, не различавам вече аз
кое е грозно и кое прекрасно.
Окото може да се заблуди.
То — кораб следва другите в морето.
Но ти закотвяш в гибелни води
с неистини и със лъжи сърцето.
Защо аз сметнах за отделен двор
това, което е всеобща нива?
Но как отрича всичко моят взор
и във лъжите истини открива.
Любов, ти в мрак превърна светлината
и като чума ме обзе лъжата..”
― Шекспир

“There are two races of men in this world, but only these two—the “race” of the decent man and the “race” of the indecent man.”
― Viktor Frankl