Caroline Mars

“We put terrible pressure on our minds. When we tighten them or harden our views or beliefs, we lose all the softness and flexibility that makes for real shelter, belonging, and protection. Sometimes the best way of caring for your soul is to make flexible again some of the views that harden and crystalize your mind; for these alienate you from your own depth and beauty.”
― John O'Donohue

“Expectations actually make us focus on what we want, instead of being happy and content with what is.”
― Ari Gunzburg, The Little Book of Greatness: A Parable About Unlocking Your Destiny

“There is no real king anymore!” snapped the Supreme Grand Master. “What do you expect?Some people wandering in the wilderness for hundreds and hundreds of years, patiently handing down a sword and a birthmark? Some sort of magic?” He spat the word. He’d make use of magic,means to an end, end justifies means and so forth, but to go around believing it, believing it had some sort of moral force, like logic, made him wince.”
― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

“It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war.”
― Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings