jonathan smith

“In each loss there is a gain, As in every gain there is a loss, And with each ending comes a new beginning. —Buddhist Proverb PART ONE”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, This Is Not How It Ends

“Today we come across an individual who behaves like an automaton, who does not know or understand himself, and the only person that he knows is the person that he is supposed to be, whose meaningless chatter has replaced communicative speech, whose synthetic smile has replaced genuine laughter, and whose sense of dull despair has taken the place of genuine pain. Two statements may be said concerning this individual. One is that he suffers from defects of spontaneity and individuality which may seem to be incurable. At the same time it may be said of him he does not differ essentially from the millions of the rest of us who walk upon this earth.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“One begins to realize that liberation is through letting go, through allowing life to flow, through openness and attention. 1 August 2001”
― Ajahn Sumedho, Don't Take Your Life Personally

“The situation has provided a cue; this cue has given the expert access to information stored in memory, and the information provides the answer. Intuition is nothing more and nothing less than recognition.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow