Quotes from John Gray

Darkness cannot be directly removed, but it automatically disappears when you turn on the light.

I had always thought of myself as a loving person. But she was right. I had been a fair-weather friend. As long as she was happy and nice, I loved back. But if she was unhappy or upset, I would feel blamed and then argue or distance myself.

In science, progress is a fact, in ethics and politics it is a superstition.

The important point here is that to enrich our relationships we need to make little changes. Big changes generally require some suppression of who we truly are.

The main difference between those who succeed in life and those who fail is the knowledge of how to get back up.

Practise doing things for yourself and not depending on him to make you happy.

In a competition for mates a well developed capacity for self-deception is an advantage. The same is true in politics and and other contexts

If you are looking to experience a life without the flow of negative and positive emotions, visit a graveyard and rest in peace.

Being around new and different people always brings out some new part of who you are.

In the struggle for life, a taste for truth is a luxury--or else a disability.

There is no mechanism of selection in the history of ideas akin to that of the natural selection of genetic mutations in evolution

Si resta insieme per lealtà e senso del dovere, oppure per il timore di dover ricominciare tutto da capo.

There are basically four kinds of chemistry between dating partners; physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Physical chemistry generates desire. Emotional chemistry generates affection. Mental chemistry creates interest. Spiritual chemistry creates love. A soul mate includes all four.

Tra le coppie che sono state capaci di mantenere vivo l'amore fino al matrimonio, solo il cinquanta per cento rimane unito.

They may even change outfits several times a day as their mood changes.

Quando non è soddisfatta di se stessa, è anche incapace di mostrare accettazione e apprezzamento nei confronti del partner. Nei

As long as she was happy and nice, I loved back. But if she was unhappy or upset, I would feel blamed and then argue or distance myself.

durata del turbamento di una donna; la profondità del pozzo non è sempre la stessa.

Modern philosophies in which history is a process of human self-realization are therefore spin-offs from the mystical speculations of medieval theologians. When Hegel envisioned history as a rational process, he was able to do so because – like Plato and Plotinus – he believed the world was a manifestation of Logos.

Generally speaking, when a woman offers unsolicited advice or tries to "help" a man, she has no idea of how critical and unloving she may sound to him.

Where affluence is the rule, the true threat is the loss of desire.(...) What is new is not that prosperity depends on stimulating demand. It is that it cannot continue without inventing new vices.

Raggiunto il successo, si guardarono indietro e capirono che ogni loro fallimento era stato necessario per il conseguimento dei loro obiettivi. Ogni errore aveva insegnato loro qualcosa.

The time you spend in any relationship is not a loss if you learn from it and complete it in a positive way. Each time you follow your heart and then plainly recognize that someone is not right for you, then you are definitely one step closer to finding the right person for you.

If women become too much like men, men lose purpose, meaning, and inspiration in life.