Posted by: Marilena P
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
Just living is not enough, said the butterfly, one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
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Just living is not enough, said the butterfly, one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.
And smiling about troubles, just as you've never done
and then thinking that tomorrow will be better
today I don't have the time, today I want to remain switched off.
To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity.
Life is but a bad quater of an hour, made up of delightful moments.
What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do.
We mustn't be subjected to anything, not even to good. A so-called good, to which you succumb, loses the ethycal character. It doesn't become bad in itself, but by being dominated it can have some bad consequences. Every shape of intoxication is is unhealthy, it makes no difference if alcohol or morphine or idealism.
We mustn't consider good and evil as two opposites.
What are you looking then? I don't know. Maybe nothing, maybe everyone; Maybe now, other than searching, I want to live what happens to me, what life gives me. I love playing. Being free. I'm happy with myself also when I'm shopping and I push the trolley. If I want, in the evening, I go out, otherwise I stay at home reading or watching a movie... I'd defend this condition with all my strength. Always. But sometimes also I need a hug, to let myself go and to lose myself in a man's arms. An embrace that makes me feel protected even if I can protect myself... I'm capable of doing what I need, but sometimes I'd like to pretend to not be capable and have somebody else do it for me. It's a sensation. But I don't want to be with a man for this reason. I can't make any compromises, and I can't renounce to everything I have, to my freedom for that hug that often, as years go by, won't be there anymore...