Danai Lamtha

“Αυτό το βιβλίο είναι για τους ολίγιστους. Ίσως δεν έχει γεννηθεί κανείς τους ακόμα. Πιθανόν ναν' εκείνοι που θα καταλάβουν το Ζαρατούστρα μου. Τόσοι και τόσοι βρίσκουν σήμερα ώτα ευήκοα. Πώς θα μπορούσα νάμαι εγώ ένας απ' αυτούς; Εμένα μονάχα το μεθαύριο μου ανήκει. Μερικοί γεννιούνται μετά θάνατον.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, The Anti-Christ

“We should forever forswear the masochistic process wherein we seek another's approval before we have even asked ourselves whether that person's views deserve to be listened to.”
― Alain de Botton, Status Anxiety

“The business of repatriating emotions emerges as one of the most delicate and necessary tasks of love. To accept the risks of transference is to prioritize sympathy and understanding over irritation and judgment. Two people can come to see that sudden bursts of anxiety or hostility may not always be directly caused by them, and so should not always be met with fury or wounded pride. Bristling and condemnation can give way to compassion. By”
― Alain de Botton, The Course of Love

“What if pleasure and displeasure were so tied together that whoever wanted to have as much as possible of one must also have as much as possible of the other … you have the choice: either as little displeasure as possible, painlessness in brief … or as much displeasure as possible as the price for the growth of an abundance of subtle pleasures and joys that have rarely been relished yet? If you decide for the former and desire to diminish and lower the level of human pain, you also have to diminish and lower the level of their capacity for joy.”
― Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy