“Negative beliefs and complexes are stored in your subconscious mind and create a weakness, which will not let you succeed in life”
“[...] from what I'd been able to ascertain online, the Swiss were a reassuringly practical people. They had a long, proud history of staying out of wars, preferring to devote themselves to more constructive endeavours like science, secure banking and building extremely accurate clocks.”
Source: The Universe versus Alex Woods
“Mungkin kebahagiaan adalah ini: tidak merasa Anda harus berada di suatu tempat lain, melakukan sesuatu yang lain, menjadi orang lain.”
Source: The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
“No ordinary effort stops the wheel.
In sleep it spins without resistance.
Passively, falling deeper, lacking the will to activate any change.”
Source: The Swiss Orange Project Book 1: Celladore
“Doğru sevgi, gideni özgür bırakmayı
ve zamanı geldiğinde yokuş aşağı inmeyi gerektirir.
Belki şu an tam da bulunmanız gereken yere, tek başınıza inmeyi…
Kanyonda yürüyen yaralı bir adam gibi,
gecenin bir vakti, sessizce, dikkatlice,
Görmese bile, çevrede yeni zirveler ve güzellikler olduğunun bilincinde…
Lakin, hayat tepeler ve vadilerle doludur.
Ömür boyu bir inilir, iki çıkılır.
Tepeden bakarken ufuk her zaman görünür ama
Bazen de yıldızların rehberliğinde karanlıkta yürünür.
Aradığını vadilerde bulamazsan üzülme,
Önündeki yamaçta bekleyen, gün doğumudur.”
Source: Sanmasınlar Yıkıldık
“Of all the names that linger in my memory after a long journey, this one is the dearest to me (Therapia). Perhaps because it sounds so Greek, blithe as a swelling paean to carefree days spent on lovely shores? Perhaps because it came at the beginning and now belongs to a long ago, glorified time-for the journey had just begun.”
Source: All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey
“I am left with the magic, the name, the heart miraculously touched.”
Source: All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey
“The Swiss will never be the wild child of Europe; you only have to look at their lovingly tended vegetable patches to see that. But whether they are boring or not most likely depends on the eye of the beholder.”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths
“Did I really want to call myself Swiss if it meant shutting the door on less "perfect" residents?”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths
“It is not against the law to drink in public places, and you will see people drinking in parks or by the lake. The Swiss have a more relaxed attitude to alcohol consumption. From the age of 16, young people can be served beer or wine in a bar.”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths