Peter Galamaga

“Most fears are exaggerated. As you go through life, your brain acquires expectations based on your experiences, particularly negative ones. When situations occur that are even remotely similar, your brain automatically applies its expectations to them; if it expects pain or loss, or even just the threat of these, it pulses fear signals. But because of the negativity bias, many expectations of pain or loss are overstated or completely unfounded.”
― Rick Hanson, Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

“And not much around in this society, with its nutty insistence on the nuclear family and faceless cities and no roots, to take up the slack. We should change the way we’ve organized society so that we make better use of the Next Third of our lives. We should foster commitments and communities that will last a lifetime, and I believe we will. Because it’s so obvious. But not in time for you. American society has been rushing down this weird, atomizing, isolating track for a hundred years now—making us into rounder, smoother pieces for the global economy we’re all so nuts about—and it’s not going to stop on a dime, even though it should.”
― Chris Crowley, Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy - Until You're 80 and Beyond

“People recognize that they’ve got to make an effort over time to become more skillful at driving a truck, running a department, or playing tennis. Yet it’s common to think that becoming more skillful with one’s own mind should somehow come naturally, without effort or learning. But because the mind is grounded in biology, in the physical realm, the same laws apply: the more you put in, the more you get back. To reap the rewards of practice, you need to do it, and keep doing it.”
― Rick Hanson, Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time

“Being for yourself simply means that you care about yourself. You wish to feel happy instead of worried, sad, guilty, or angry. You want people to treat you well instead of badly. You want to help your future self—the person you’ll be next week, next year, next decade—to have as good a life as possible.”
― Rick Hanson, Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time