“If wild animals, when they realize that their freedom has been taken away from them, can feel such deep pain, “to the point of forgetting hunger and the natural instinct to hunt”, how can man think, act and live, if freedom and happiness are related?”

“The purpose of love is the creation of a safe space, in which we can be ourselves, with independence and freedom. It requires motivation and dedication to comply and commit.”

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“Illegal immigrants are immune to injustices, hostile, and aggressive, when they leave the dictatorships of their countries, to advanced and civilized countries in Europe.”

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“Settling for the view that illnesses, mental or physical, are primarily genetic allows us to avoid disturbing questions about the nature of the society in which we live. If “science” enables us to ignore poverty or man-made toxins or a frenetic and stressful social culture as contributors to disease, we can look only to simple answers: pharmacological and biological.”

Gabor Maté libro When the Body Says No

Fuente: When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

“Any passion can become an addiction; but then how to distinguish between the two? The central question is: who's in charge, the individual or their behaviour? It's possible to rule a passion, but an obsessive passion that a person is unable to rule is an addiction… if in doubt, ask yourself one simple question: given the harm you're doing to yourself and others, are you willing to stop? If not, you're addicted. And if you're unable to renounce the behaviour or to keep your pldege when you do, you're addicted.”

Gabor Maté libro In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Fuente: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

“The selfish coward is unable to show love, to achieve his purposes and to run away when they show love.”

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