Quotes by Andrew Matthews

“Even the people we most admire often feel inadequate.”

“People who do not love themselves can adore others, because adoration is making someone else big and ourselves small. They can desire others, because desire comes out of a sense of inner incompleteness, which demands to be filled. But they can not love others, because love is an affirmation of the living growing being in all of us. If you dont have it, you cant give it.”

“A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life.”

“There is no shame in finding someone else to be attractive, or good company. Even if they dont like you, there is still no shame. If you happen to be fond of someone, and theyre not fond of you, its OK.. You dont have to wait and see if theyll love you back. You can announce it.. Joy in life comes from expressing ourselves, in taking risks and jumping in. Everyone is not going to like you. But you can like who you like.”

“Its not unusual to find Thai regulators with an allergy to responsibility, and the prospect of new legislation relating to alcohol is an available excuse to delay.”

“Its gonna be a hot issue!”

“Government is in place for our survival and to hopefully promote justice and peace.”

Is it easy? Usually not. But you dont forgive people for their benefit. You do it for your benefit.

The happiest people don’t bother about whether life is unfair. They just concentrate on what they have.

People who do not love themselves can adore others, because adoration is making someone else big and ourselves small. They can desire others, because desire comes out of sense of inner incompleteness, which demands to be filled. But they can not love others, because love is an affirmation of the living growing being in all of us. If you don’t have it, you cant give it.

“The happiest people don’t bother about whether life is unfair. They just concentrate on what they have.”