We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise.
“All too often, the words we have said to ourselves when things went wrong contributed to the problem—instead of making it better or helping us solve it.”
― What To Say When You Talk To Your Self
― What To Say When You Talk To Your Self
“We suffer from the delusion that the entire universe is held in order by the categories of human thought, fearing that if we do not hold to them with the utmost tenacity, everything will vanish into chaos. We”
― The Wisdom of Insecurity
― The Wisdom of Insecurity
“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened, and its deepest mystery probed?”
― The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New
― The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New
“Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves.”
― Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao
― Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao
“Every aspect of you is perfect. There’s nothing to let go, nothing to forgive, nothing to attain. You already are everything you need to be. It can seem so complicated, but it’s not.”
― Dying To Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing
― Dying To Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing
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