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“All over the world, there is cultural pressure to conceal negative emotions. In China and Japan, the ideal emotional state is calm and composed.10 In the United States, we like excitement (OMG!) and enthusiasm (LOL!). As psychologist David Caruso observes, “American culture demands that the answer to the question ‘How are you?’ is not just ‘Good.’11 … We need to be ‘Awesome.’ ” Caruso adds, “There’s this relentless drive to mask the expression of our true underlying feelings.” Admitting that you’re having a rough time is “almost inappropriate.” Anna”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

“The self is a repeatedly reconstructed biological state.”
― Antonio R. Damasio, Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain

“There were times he thought it would have been far better to never have known. Yet he continued to return to his core principle: that, in every situation, knowledge was better than ignorance. However agonizing, it was necessary to confront the facts. Only through knowing could a person become strong.”
― Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women

“Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.”
― Thomas Jefferson, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers