Michal Kollar

“Few know how to be old.”
― François Duc De La Rochefoucauld, Reflections: Or, Sentences and Moral Maxims

“All this and much else besides is merely a form of identification. Such considering is wholly based upon ‘requirements’. A man inwardly ‘requires’ that everyone should see what a remarkable man he is and that they should constantly give expression to their respect, esteem, and admiration for him, for his intellect, his beauty, his cleverness, his wit, his presence of mind, his originality, and all his other qualities. Requirements in their turn are based on a completely fantastic notion about themselves such as very often occurs with people of very modest appearance. Various writers, actors, musicians, artists, and politicians, for instance, are almost without exception sick people. And what are they suffering from? First of all from an extraordinary opinion of themselves, then from requirements, and then from considering, that is, being ready and prepared beforehand to take offence at lack of understanding and lack of appreciation.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff, In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Teaching

“As my husband quipped, “If orgasm was the magic bullet, porn addicts would be the healthiest people on the planet.”
― Marnia Robinson, Cupid's Poisoned Arrow: From Habit to Harmony in Sexual Relationships

“I find no consolation even in pride. What reason have I to be proud if I am not the creator of myself? And even if there were something in me I could feel vain about, how many more things are there not to?”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition