Will Jacoby

“Wisdom occurs when intelligence and experience combine into an effective and coherent spontaneous expression”
― Aldrich Chan, 7 Principles of Nature: How We Strayed and How We Return

“Zhuangzi might suggest, the true folly is not that they are greedy, but rather that they are not greedy enough. For why limit oneself to a single, fixed identity when one could, instead, embrace the boundless potential of becoming anything? As Zhuangzi puts it: “Without praises, without curses, now a dragon, now a snake, you transform together with the times, and never consent to be one thing alone.”
― Aldrich Chan, 7 Principles of Nature: How We Strayed and How We Return

“Unlike the West, the “true self” is not created over time but discovered, which is why Daoist and Zen writings may refer to it as “original nature.” Our original nature is a primordial melody, and to hear it, one must silence all the extraneous noise.”
― Aldrich Chan, 7 Principles of Nature: How We Strayed and How We Return

“Herein lies a profound irony, the very faculties that distance us from nature also afford us the potential to rediscover it in new and meaningful ways. If human experience is folded into nature’s order, then so too must we regard our moral intuitions, our sense of beauty, and our quest for meaning as natural unfoldings. Might it be that through understanding and harmonizing these faculties, we may not only reconcile with nature but unlock deeper potentials?”
― Aldrich Chan, 7 Principles of Nature: How We Strayed and How We Return