Darjeeling

“The paradox is that hedonism, the pursuit of pleasure for it's own sake, leads to anhedonia. Which is the inability to enjoy pleasure of any kind.”
― Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

“But it was clear even in 1999 that London – and especially the mosque at Finsbury Park – was becoming the clearing-house for dozens of militants intent on acts of terrorism. And they often had similar backgrounds: with difficult or violent childhoods, little education and few prospects; unemployed, unmarried and seething with resentments.”
― Morten Storm, Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA

“Humor is essential to a successful tactician, for the most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule.”
― Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals

“The fool who knows he is a fool is that much wiser.”
― The Buddha