Chris Kattelus

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― James Baldwin

“Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different. We may go through life without suspecting their existence; but apply the requisite stimulus, and at a touch they are there in all their completeness.”
― William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.”
― Maya Angelou

“The key is to keep asking yourself the same question, again and again and again: this is your life - what do you want to pay attention to?”
― Catherine Price, How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life