The versatility of the personality of Stephen Fry is known to many. He was sent to prison, he used cocaine, tried to commit suicide twice, he has bipolar affective disorder.
We have collected the main thoughts of Stephen Fry, who knew a dizzying rise and mental decline in a variety of expressions. Below is a selection of the main ones.
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- 10. The greatness of kindness
- 9. Take an interest in others, use your eyes to look at the world around, and not at yourself
- 8. How vast is the power that I possess
- 7. Stop feeling sorry for yourself - and you will be happy
- 6. As we put up with the weather, we also have to put up with the way life sometimes seems
- 5. Some are sure that their self-realization is in the way.
- 4. We apologize now and then for not apologizing at all.
- 3. Self-hatred is one of the main symptoms of clinical narcissism
- 2. Being able to feel is more important than how you feel.
- 1. Love has no purpose - this makes it so magnificent
10. The greatness of kindness
I believe and even know that a person in society should value kindness rather than different successes. When in the world around us people around are kind and funny, the world becomes better, kinder. And loud statements about the truth are not comparable with kindness, its greatness and significance.
9. Take an interest in others, use your eyes to look at the world around, and not at yourself
It is necessary to give up clarifications on what successful people are like, it is necessary to pay attention to how all the unsuccessful are united. The first two words become "I need to." The beginning of such a phrase indicates a lack of love. Because people don’t get what they want because of moaning “I need” ... Be interested in other people, don’t be self-centered, look at the world around you. Do not confine yourself to your ego, to be interesting, you need to show mutual interest in other people, their successes and failures.
8. How vast is the power that I possess
Often, when I put my hand to my chest, to feel the work of my heart, lungs, it amazes me, what a huge force in me. And it is not magic, but natural ̶ it is the power of life, resistance to obstacles. It seemed to be enough, but I feel that there is also the power of creativity, multiplication, the joy of life itself, the power of entertainment.
7. Stop feeling sorry for yourself - and you will be happy
In my life there was a case when I prepared almost everything for the release of a manual with life tips. After its acquisition, many would be surprised to contemplate the empty contents in it. The beginning would contain the inscription: “Do not spare yourself - and you will be a happy person!”. The rest of the content would serve as an area for various illustrations and creative ideas. Such a manual could be called the embodiment of the true true thoughts of man. However, in ordinary everyday life, people pity themselves all the time and do not stop doing it.
6. As we put up with the weather, we also have to put up with the way life sometimes seems
I often compare mood and emotions with weather conditions. Some examples are obvious: rain outside the window cannot be changed in the sun, just wanting it. When it gets dark and it starts to rain, then this happens, you can not somehow subordinate it to your desire. At some point, a sunny day will come. I can’t speed it up, but the sun will certainly be, it will come.
The same thing with the mood, I think. It is wrong to assume that our emotions are just an illusion; this is the same reality as weather conditions. Every day we put up with our position in this life, as well as with the weather conditions on the street.
5. Some are sure that their self-realization is in the way.
A lot of people think that some root causes do not give self-realization: emigrants in the UK from other countries, the royal government, a lot of traffic on the streets, inadequate trade union movements, the endless reproaches of the employer, terrifying working conditions, disgusting medicine does not help to be healthy, - all moments that may come to mind, everything except the unwillingness to start doing something yourself and change your life.
4. We apologize now and then for not apologizing at all.
There is a theory that I created that most of our troubles are due to daily apologies for some petty deeds at unnecessary moments and the absence of apologies in the necessary situation. It is necessary to apologize for untruth, cruel attitude with neglect, meanness with conceited behavior, but not for a real emotional impulse emanating from oneself.
It is better to regret emotional expression later, feel worries about your actions and sometimes curse someone in a fit of anger, send a foul language, however, an apology is unacceptable for not causing damage to anyone. The traditional ability to apologize for acts that are not our own fault is more suited to the definitions of tyranny.
3. Self-hatred is one of the main symptoms of clinical narcissism
Paradoxically, the fact that we hate ourselves is one of the main signs of a narcotic attitude. Only by telling ourselves and others that intense self-hatred is gnawing at us, we will provide our ego with a stream of boast and admiration, which, in our opinion, we deserve.
2. Being able to feel is more important than how you feel.
Often we are forced to admit that without a doubt we would have changed our present happy life to that miserable, nervous desperate life of 16-year-olds themselves. May we be evil, ridiculous, with an alarming sediment on the heart, but alive. Feelings, the test of emotional tides, are much more important than our current state of health. The mortification of the soul can become a criminal act that cannot be forgiven for ourselves. Happiness has only one characteristic: to hide stale feelings that are not prone to emotions.
1. Love has no purpose - this makes it so magnificent
Let's think about the fact that love really has no goals, and this fact makes it so magnificent. The main goals lie in making love as a discharge, sometimes for the sake of posterity, but love, in essence, and other forms of art, is unnecessary. These are useless things worth living for, filled with threats: alcohol, different types of manifestations of love. Without this, life will become safe and at the same time useless.