Palsko

“Some people go through the heavy stuff. They fight in wars. They're in jail. They start a business and it gets shut down by gangsters. They end up hustling their ass in a foreign country. It's one long list of setbacks and humiliations. But it doesn't touch them, not really. They're having an adventure. It's like: What's next? And then there's other people who are just trying to live quietly, they stay out of trouble, they're maybe ten years old, or fourteen, and one Friday morning at 9:35 something happens to them, something private, something that breaks their heart. Forever.”
― Michel Faber, The Book of Strange New Things

“The Dalai Lama calls it “the enemy’s gift.” From a Buddhist perspective, battling with enemies can help you develop greater compassion for and tolerance of others. “In order to practice sincerely and to develop patience,” he says, “you need someone who willfully hurts you. Thus, these people give us real opportunities to practice these things. They are testing our inner strength in a way that even our guru cannot.”
― Phil Jackson, Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success

“The cure for fatigue, according to this account, is not a rest; it is a fresh task.”
― John Coates, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: How Risk Taking Transforms Us, Body and Mind

“I hope you live a life you’re proud of. And if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again”
― F. S. Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button