Shreya

“Acting as if the world is a welcoming and tender place occasionally has the effect of making it more so.”
― John Kaag, Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life

“And someday,
when the parties
don’t dazzle you anymore,
and when the alcohol fails
to amuse your senses,
come to me.

We’ll lie on the grass,
stare at the stars,
and talk about Life.

Maybe I will become the Moment
you rediscover yourself again.”
― Meraaqi, Divine Trouble

“Anything that offers success in our unjust society without trying to change it is not revolutionary — it just helps people cope.”
― Ronald Purser, McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality

“Marrying,” Schopenhauer tells us, “means to grasp blindfolded into a sack hoping to find an eel amongst an assembly of snakes.”
― John Kaag, Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are