Lydia

“Taking care of myself is a big job. No wonder I avoided it for so long. —ANONYMOUS”
― Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”
― Alan Watts

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“Control the manner in which a man interprets his world, and you have gone a long way toward controlling his behavior. That is why ideology, an attempt to interpret the condition of man, is always a prominent feature of revolutions, wars, and other circumstances in which individuals are called upon to perform extraordinary action.”
― Stanley Milgram, Obedience to Authority