Deep Thoughts
Solitude is a condition of peace that stands in direct opposition to loneliness. Loneliness is like sitting in an empty room and being aware of the space around you. It is a condition of separateness. Solitude is becoming one with the space around you. It is a condition of union.
— Kent Nerburn
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
– Epictetus
Karma vs Schadenfreude — In essence, while karma is a broader spiritual concept about the consequences of actions, schadenfreude is a specific emotional response to others' misfortunes. The two can intersect when someone feels pleasure (schadenfreude) at what they perceive as karmic justice being served to another person.
Mr. Rogers once said, “I’m very concerned that our society is much more interested in information than wonder.” Revelations probably swim past us all the time, we just fail to capture them in our relentless quest for the next byte of data or the next notification. The answers we look for are usually not invented but found. Truth never moves; when w... See more
“The concept of truth lies at the very heart of civilization,” Angus continued. “Take it away, and what have we left. Anarchy. A fight for survival. The disappearance of all morality. Human life becomes a nightmare.”
— The Enigma of Garlic: 44 Scotland Street Series (16) by Alexander McCall Smith
The Cheshire Cat Principle: How to Create Clarity
In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, there’s a scene in which Alice reaches a fork in the road and has a simple exchange with the Cheshire Cat:
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where
... See moreWorry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
—Corrie ten Boom
“the best of fiction is literally false but symbolically true. It uses made-up people and non-existent events to explore and understand eternal questions that haunt the hearts of men. Great fiction uses lies to get to the truth, and it’s this truth that people are after.”
— Hit Reverse: New Ideas From Old Books by Jash Dholani
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— Hit Reverse: New Ideas From Old Books by Jash Dholani
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
—Queen Elizabeth II