Sandip Dey

“the idea is not that one should just endure any pain without doing anything about it at all. Instead, one properly takes care of what has led to the first arrow with whatever reasonable and appropriate medical means are at one’s disposal, and alongside that one trains the mind in such a way as to avoid the second arrow.”
― Anālayo, Mindfully Facing Disease and Death: Compassionate Advice from Early Buddhist Texts

“Do what you believe in and believe in what you do. All else is a waste of energy and time.”
― Nisargadatta Maharaj, I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense — he is always satisfied with himself.”
― Napoléon Bonaparte

“Turgenev was a very serious fellow but he could make me laugh because a truth first encountered can be very funny. When someone else's truth is the same as your truth, and he seems to be saying it just for you, that's great.”
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye