Timothy

“A God that can be understood is no God. Who can explain the Infinite in words?”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge

“Many psychological traditions have noticed that a given behavior pattern was originally a helpful strategy for survival, a strategy that may no longer apply in the present. If you were bullied in the seventh grade, there might be a block in your home-town or city where the bullies used to wait for you, and even as an adult your sense memories might cause you to hesitate before walking confidently down that block. This is definitely true for me, having grown up in New York City. Thus, we have to acknowledge that every habit contains a kind of protective intelligence, a wisdom that somehow got frozen in a bygone time.”
― Ethan Nichtern, The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path

“Self-confidence is not a form of arrogance. It is trust in our capacity to awaken. It is both the courage to face whatever life throws at us without losing equanimity, and the humility to treat every situation we encounter as one from which we can learn.”
― Stephen Batchelor

“Meditation on the breath is not a breathing exercise. We are simply using the breath as a point of focus to cultivate mindfulness.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English