“All conceptions are limitations of the conceiver.”
― Your Faith is Your Fortune
― Your Faith is Your Fortune
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
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“Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.”
― Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook
― Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook
“[L]asting love is something a person has to decide to experience. Lifelong monogamous devotion is just not natural—not for women even, and emphatically not for men. It requires what, for lack of a better term, we can call an act of will. . . . This isn't to say that a young man can't hope to be seized by love. . . . But whether the sheer fury of a man's feelings accurately gauges their likely endurance is another question. The ardor will surely fade, sooner or later, and the marriage will then live or die on respect, practical compatibility, simple affection, and (these days, especially) determination. With the help of these things, something worthy of the label 'love' can last until death. But it will be a different kind of love from the kind that began the marriage. Will it be a richer love, a deeper love, a more spiritual love? Opinions vary. But it's certainly a more impressive love.”
― The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
― The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
“The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes. ”
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