Quotes
I want to pause on something you said in an
interview with Rebecca Robins
last year:
“In a world that is increasingly urgent, it’s important to cultivate intention. And this is a root of so many of the mental challenges that we’re seeing. People don’t have clarity on who they are and what they want – and, effectively, they’re delegating it to techno... See more
interview with Rebecca Robins
last year:
“In a world that is increasingly urgent, it’s important to cultivate intention. And this is a root of so many of the mental challenges that we’re seeing. People don’t have clarity on who they are and what they want – and, effectively, they’re delegating it to techno... See more
Lauren Crichton • #82: Connecting dots, cultivating intention, and building a more human internet
Aristotle quote to the point of all of this, is that the reason that all of this is worth the effort if it wasn't already obvious, is that, "Freedom is obedience to self formulated rules."
Kiana Docherty • I Found the Formula for Self-Discipline
An Albert Einstein quote: “Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times since he never gets to see or hear anything else.”
Even though on the Internet, we... See more
Graeber writes, “Clearly the problem was that the entire population had failed to memorize their lessons properly. But what they were actually denying was the legitimacy of collective creativity, the free play of the system. ”
fs.blog • Descriptions Aren’t Prescriptions
The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.
-Alfred North Whitehead
Ayishat Akanbi • Sentences That Have Shaped Me
I think unaffected as opposed to untouched is a better definition of youth. There is a persistent resilience, intentional or not, of a youthful spirit.
“What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do.”
- Aristotle
... See more“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at