Isabelle Cook

“The central fallacy of modern life is the belief that accomplishments of the Adam I realm can produce deep satisfaction. That’s false. Adam I’s desires are infinite and always leap out ahead of whatever has just been achieved. Only Adam II can experience deep satisfaction. Adam I aims for happiness, but Adam II knows that happiness is insufficient.”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character

“Other people’s thoughts and feelings have to be communicated to you somehow, but your own are so immediate, urgent, real.”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character

“If asked, you should state how you feel, how you think. But until asked, it is an intrusion to thrust your ideas on any grown human being.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life

“Take a bucket, fill it with water, Put your hand in—clear up to the wrist. Now pull it out; the hole that remains Is a measure of how much you’ll be missed…. The moral of this quaint example: To do just the best that you can, Be proud of yourself, but remember, There is no Indispensible Man!”
― Anonymous