#ss

But human beings are not machines, and however powerful the pressure to conform, they sometimes are so moved by what they see as injustice that they dare to declare their independence. In that historical possibility lies hope. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#conformity #declaration-of-independence #hope #individuality #non-conformity

The diabolical thing about melancholy is not that it makes you ill but that it makes you conceited and shortsighted; yes almost arrogant. You lapse into bad taste, thinking of yourself as Heine's Atlas, whose shoulders support all the world's puzzles and agonies, as if thousands, lost in the same maze, did not endure the same agonies. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#melancholy

I like to be admired from afar, and then complimented up close. ↗

— Gena Showalter

#narcissism #seduction

Let me tell you what I just heard. Talk, talk, talk, I. Talk, talk, talk, I. Well, what about me? ↗

— Gena Showalter

#seduction

Know yourselves- be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye. ↗

— Peter Wessel Zapffe

#existencialism #pessimism #pessimism

It's none of your concern what others say or think about you. Your happiness is your own responsibility. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#happiness #ignoring #independent #joy #responsibility

People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#bullying #confidence #potential #put-downs #quotable

Stress level: extreme. It's like she was a jar with the lid screwed on too tight, and inside the jar were pickles, angry pickles, and they were fermenting, and about to explode. ↗

— Fiona Wood

#stress #stress

Then she would be done with J. D. Jameson forever. No more having to prove herself; no more of those pesky jitters she felt whenever she saw him at work—something like butterflies in her stomach, it was actually quite annoying; no more stress; no more fights in the library; and definitely no more sexy I’m-gonna-kiss-you-now-woman blue-eyed heated gazes. She had no idea why she just thought that. ↗

— Julie James

#stress

Learn to say no to demands, requests, invitations, and activities that leave you with no time for yourself. Until I learned to say no, and mean it, I was always overloaded by stress. You may feel guilty and selfish at first for guarding your down- time, but you’ll soon find that you are a much nicer, more present, more productive person in each instance you do choose to say yes. ↗

— Holly Mosier

#mindfulness #opt-out #peace-of-mind #present-moment #purpose