180 Quotes by John Gray

The fate of the Right in the late modern age is to destroy what remains of the past in a vain attempt to recover it.

Histories of morality are rarely written in order to inform the reader.

Life was indeed cruel; but it was better to glorify the Will than deny it.

Salah satu hal ajaib mengenai kehidupan.Saat muridnya siap, sang guru muncul.Saat pertanyaan diajukan, jawabannya datang.Saat kita benar-benar siap menerima, apa yang kita butuhkan akan tersedia.Ketika penduduk Venus siap menerima, orang-orang Mars siap memberi." (dikutip dari buku: Pria dari Mars, Wanita dari Venus)

Men feel cherished when they are needed. Women feel cherished when they are loved.Indonesian version (Bahasa):Kaum pria jadi termotivasi dan bersemangat kala mereka merasa dibutuhkan.Kaum wanita jadi termotivasi dan bersemangat kala mereka merasa dicintai.

Wanita senang hatinya bila mempunyai teman yang dapat berbagi kesulitannya. Lelaki senang hatinya bila dapat memecahkan kesulitannya sendirian di guanya.

From being a movement aiming for universal freedom, communism turned into a system of universal despotism. That is the logic of utopia.

For people in thrall to 'mortality', the good life means perpetual striving. For Taoists it means living effortlessly, according to our natures. The freest human being is not one who acts on reasons he has chosen for himself, but one who never has to choose. Rather than agonizing about alternatives he responds effortlessly to situations as they arise. He lives not as he chooses but as he must.

Science enables humans to satisfy their needs. It does nothing to change them. They are no different today from what they have always been. There is progress in knowledge, but not in ethics. This s the verdict both of science and history, and the view of every one of the world's religions.