Shawn Nevins > Quotes

“White it would be some years before I realised the futility of looking to books for a solution to existential questions, at this early stage books were invaluable in training the mind to question its assumptions.”
― Shawn Nevins, Subtraction: The Simple Math of Enlightenment

“You don’t have to give up anything… If you make your commitment to one thing, then that which gets in the way will be taken from you.”
― Shawn Nevins, Subtraction: The Simple Math of Enlightenment

“I began to understand that humiliation was a product of a false face being exposed, but not admitting the truth of the exposure. Denial of the truth led to humiliation. Humility was the product of an admission of truth.”
― Shawn Nevins, Subtraction: The Simple Math of Enlightenment

“While it would be some years before I realised the futility of looking to books for a solution to existential questions, at this early stage books were invaluable in training the mind to question its assumptions.”
― Shawn Nevins, Subtraction: The Simple Math of Enlightenment