Thought provoking
The Chinese symbol for crisis 危机 is composed of two elements: one signifies danger and the other opportunity.
There comes a moment in life, often in the quietest of hours, when one realizes that the world will continue on its wayward course, indifferent to our desires or frustrations. And it is then, perhaps, that a subtle truth begins to emerge: the only thing we truly possess, the only thing we might, with enough care, exert some mastery over, is our... See more
Bill Wear • The Quiet Art of Attention
I am seized by two contradictory feelings: there is so much beauty in the world it is incredible that we are ever miserable for a moment; there is so much shit in the world that it is incredible we are ever happy for a moment.
Paul Schmitt • Zadie Smith - Feel Free.pdf
As Anaïs Nin wrote, “When we go deeply into the personal, we go beyond the personal. We achieve something that is collective.”
Suleika Jaouad • The Book of Alchemy
Damn that makes me thinking we aren’t even looking at personal, we are tricking our brains.
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw
“Nothing is permanent and all suffering results from our delusions of permanence.”
-Octavia Butler
“I knew I was getting somewhere when I began losing interest in the beginnings and the ends of things.”
-Sarah Manguso
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