Vida Abdollahi

“We must go for walks out of doors, so that the mind can be strengthened and invigorated by a clear sky and plenty of fresh air. At times it will acquire fresh energy from a journey by carriage and a change of scene, or from socializing and drinking freely. Occasionally we should even come to the point of intoxication, sinking into drink but not being totally flooded by it; for it does wash away cares, and stirs the mind to its depths, and heals sorrow just as it heals certain diseases.”
― Seneca, On the Shortness of Life

“Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Letters from a Stoic

“کاش می شد از این بیماری علاج ناپذیر «کسی بودن» شفا یافت و به چشم نیامد. و یا نیاز به این رؤیت نداشت، نیاز به انعکاس- به تکثیر- به انتشار- انتشارِ خود”
― گلی ترقی, جایی دیگر

“...the more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety. The more you fail to experience your life fully, the more you will fear death.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death