“By encountering death many thousands of times, I have come to a view that there is usually little to fear and much to prepare for.”
― With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial
― With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial
“You have to understand that it is your attempt to get special experiences from life that makes you miss the actual experience of life.”
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
“ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE RULES
They weren't meant to be broken.
They were meant for the broken
to follow.”
― Long Way Down
They weren't meant to be broken.
They were meant for the broken
to follow.”
― Long Way Down
“We do not want merely to see beauty, though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words — to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it.”
― The Weight of Glory
― The Weight of Glory
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