Wes Robertson

“For he is a conqueror who is himself unconquered;”
― Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Suttanipata: An Ancient Collection of the Buddha's Discourses Together with Its Commentaries

“Democritus gave a strange definition of “man”: “man is what we all know.”2 At first sight this seems rather silly and empty, but it is not so. Solomon Luria, the major scholar of Democritus, observes that it is not a banality that Democritus is giving us. The nature of a man is not his internal structure but the network of personal, familial, and social interactions within which he exists. It is these that “make” us, these that guard us. As humans, we are that which others know of us, that which we know of ourselves, and that which others know about our knowledge. We are complex nodes in a rich web of reciprocal information.”
― Carlo Rovelli, Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity

“Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them. —Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche”
― Rick Hanson, Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

“So this holy life, bhikkhus, does not have gain, honour, and renown for its benefit, or the attainment of virtue for its benefit, or the attainment of concentration for its benefit, or knowledge and vision for its benefit. But it is this unshakeable deliverance of mind that is the goal of this holy life, its heartwood, and its end.”
― Bhikkhu Ñaṇamoli, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya