Christine

“Why should we live in relationship to ourselves rather than merely as ourselves?”
― Sam Harris, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

“our failure to recognize thoughts as thoughts, as appearances in consciousness—is a primary source of human suffering.”
― Sam Harris, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

“Reality is simply the loss of the ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself. This is the direct method, whereas all other methods are done, only retaining the ego. . . . No sadhanas [spiritual practices] are necessary for engaging in this quest.”
― Sam Harris, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

“For the secret of man’s being is not only to live but to have something to live for.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov