Grant Petersen

“I’m not denying the importance of achieving one’s goals, maintaining one’s health, or keeping one’s children clothed and fed—but most of us spend our time seeking happiness and security without acknowledging the underlying purpose of our search. Each of us is looking for a path back to the present: We are trying to find good enough reasons to be satisfied now.”
― Sam Harris, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

“Our minds are all we have. They are all we have ever had. And they are all we can offer others.”
― Sam Harris, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

“Lying is, almost by definition, a refusal to cooperate with others. It condenses a lack of trust and trustworthiness into a single act. It is both a failure of understanding and an unwillingness to be understood. To lie is to recoil from relationship.”
― Sam Harris, Lying

“A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.”
― Sam Harris, Free Will