Jonathan Watson

“God grant,’ he said, ‘that he may learn to understand in time that whoso is minded to do as he himself wills will soon enough see the day when he will find he has done that which he had never willed.’ ”
― Sigrid Undset, The Axe

“as the Self-Authoring Program).”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“The flight from self is concealed beneath the flight from one’s setting and way of life. It will be better elsewhere; it used to be better back then. In short, the here and now become unbearable. Alone and confronting himself, beneath the noonday sun, the monk can no longer see or hear himself; he no longer tolerates himself. His illusory salvation lies in desertion.1 This”
― Jean-Charles Nault, The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times

“I? Well,” he said slowly, “I sit, and I look at Him.” A wide smile stretched the fine-drawn lips. “And He looks at me.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander