Michael Dubakov

“Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal.
Interesting people can find something interesting in all things.”
― Idries Shah, Reflections

“What are you then? You are a pattern of energy flowing in the stream of time.”
― Thomas Bien, The Buddha's Way of Happiness: Healing Sorrow, Transforming Negative Emotion, and Finding Well-Being in the Present Moment

“Write a little every day, without hope, without despair.”
― Isak Dinesen

“Generally, it’s better to understand that change is a matter of patience and persistence, setbacks and renewed effort, rather than sudden perfection.”
― Thomas Bien, The Buddha's Way of Happiness: Healing Sorrow, Transforming Negative Emotion, and Finding Well-Being in the Present Moment