Thomas Vodrazka

“Let me see if I have this right. During meditation, you can begin to see that… whereas you might have thought all your life that you’re thinking thoughts—the thing you think of as ‘you’ is thinking thoughts—it’s closer to being the case that the thoughts try to capture you, the thing you think of as ‘you.’ ” “Right.”
― Robert Wright, Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

“The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction.”
― Robert Wright, Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

“When we have that basis of wisdom about the nature of thought, then we have more power to choose, okay, which thoughts are healthy… which thoughts are not so healthy—those we can let go.”
― Robert Wright, Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

“when you can’t focus on your breath because thoughts keep intruding. But if you’re paying close attention to this “failure” to meditate, then, of course, it isn’t a failure to meditate—because paying attention to whatever is happening is mindfulness meditation.”
― Robert Wright, Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment