John Paxton

“The idea that you have to be protected from any kind of uncomfortable emotion is what I absolutely do not subscribe to.”
― John Cleese

“There is a direct union of oneself with a motorcycle, for it is so geared to one’s proprioception, one’s movements and postures, that it responds almost like part of one’s own body. Bike and rider become a single, indivisible entity; it is very much like riding a horse. A car cannot become part of one in quite the same way.”
― Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life

“We each have a unique way of looking at the world. Our personal world view has been shaped by the things that have happened to us as children and as adults. It has been shaped by the points of view put forward by the people who have influenced us over the years. It has been shaped by our disappointments, our victories and our defeats. Our experience has meant we have developed coping mechanisms that enable us to survive. For me to believe that I can understand you so well that I can even understand your coping mechanisms is arrogant beyond belief.”
― Richard Mullender, Dispelling the Myths and Rediscovering the Lost Art of Listening

“Anyone who is willing to end a relationship because of a reasoned difference of opinion is not worthy of your friendship.”
― Gad Saad, The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense