Quotes by Oli Anderson

“This world is your world but that doesn't mean you can always stop it from burning.”

“Dialogue is about freeing human beings from the beliefs and attitudes that make human beings miserable.”

“One of the most human things that you can do is reach out for the stars knowing that you might not ever touch them; we are all perfectly imperfect, but to live knowing so is to be a fulfilled human...”

“The human condition is essentially the conflict between the human need for control and a universe that provides little if any of it. Once we accept this and get into the flow of life, we are free a...”

“Dialogue helps us to acknowledge that we see the world not as it is, but as we are.”

“Whenever we find ourselves stuck, whenever we find ourselves lost or confused by the chaos of the world, we can be sure that the only way to free ourselves is to take action of some kind. Action is...”

“Life is a dance more than it is an assertion and there is more health in dynamism or fluidity than there is rigidity and stasis.”

“Dialogue reminds us that we can question to build, not only to doubt or deconstruct.”

“Practicing dialogue helps you to cultivate a realness that allows you to face reality on its own terms, not just the terms youd like it to have in order to remain in your comfort zone.”

“When people challenge your ideas, they help you (whether they know it or not).”

“Dialogue teaches you to listen through your emotions, not to become distracted or distanced from the truth because of them.”

“Dialogue is about creating awareness through self-observation; it starts from the inside out, not the outside in.”

“We have to accept that much of reality is ineffable and so to understand it we can't rely on words alone.”

“Dialogue is an opportunity for people to communicate from outside the limitations of their points of view. When we enter a circle of dialogue, there are no labels, only human beings.”

“I decided to give up meaningless sex, but then I remembered that everything is meaningless.”

“The final lesson is that 'reality' is always the way to go and that acceptance is the only way to get there.”

“If philosophy gets you lost in the labyrinth of symbols that distance us from reality, then it is part of the problem; if it motivates positive action that can create a better world, philosophy is ...”

“Nobody is going to save you but yourself and the best and only way to do so isthrough action.”

“If humans created it then it is the product of a choice that somebody made. And if it was chosen it can be changed.”

“There are two types of 'busy': 1)Constantly distracting yourself from what is true. 2) Constantly working to create something real.”