Mary

“If human emotions largely result from thinking, then one may appreciably control one's feelings by controlling one's thoughts - or by changing the internalized sentences, or self-talk, with which one largely created the feeling in the first place.”
― Albert Ellis, Rational Psychotherapy and Individual Psychology

“When the other person is hurting, confused, troubled, anxious, alienated, terrified; or when he or she is doubtful of self-worth, uncertain as to identity, then understanding is called for. The gentle and sensitive companionship of an empathic stance… provides illumination and healing. In such situations deep understanding is, I believe, the most precious gift one can give to another.”
― Carl R. Rogers

“I believed that books might save him because I knew they had so far, and because I knew the people books had saved.”
― Rebecca Makkai

“المزعجُ في اليأس أنّه بديهيّ ومُوَثَّق وذو أسباب وجيهة: إنه ريبورتاج. والآن أمعِنوا النظر في الأمل. تأمّلُوا سَخاءَهُ في الغشّ، رُسُوخَهُ في التدجيل، رفضَه للأحداث: إنّه تيه وخيال. وفي هذا التيه تكمن الحياة ومن هذا الخيال تتغذّى.”
― إميل سيوران, المياه كلها بلون الغرق