mantras

Miles Davis // "Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself."

Someone who is secure is also consistent: they’re the same person in front of everyone because they’re comfortable being authentic. They don’t have to change masks between people because they don’t feel the need to impress others by pretending to be someone they’re not.

Sherry x.com

Generosity is not timidity, empathy or availability

When stumped by a life choice, choose “enlargement” over happiness. I’m indebted to the Jungian therapist James Hollis for the insight that major personal decisions should be made not by asking, “Will this make me happy?”, but “Will this choice enlarge me or diminish me?” We’re terrible at predicting what will make us happy: the question swiftly... See more

Oliver Burkeman • Oliver Burkeman's Last Column: The Eight Secrets to a (Fairly) Fulfilled Life

Being emotionally open requires that you move beyond a bullet list of headlines and reveal who you really are.

Kat Vellos • We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships

Always stick to what makes you weird, odd, strange, different. That’s your source of power.

Robert Greene twitter.com

Poet Marianne Moore offers a simple life strategy: "I've made it a principle not to be over-influenced by minor disappointments."

similarly - don’t be over-influenced by awkwardness

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”

― Simone Weil

Oliver Burkeman • Oliver Burkeman's Last Column: The Eight Secrets to a (Fairly) Fulfilled Life

Kat Vellos • We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships

Carissa Potter • How to feel alive again.