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You are what you love because you live toward what you want.
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
to quote Emerson, “the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind.”
Meghan O'Gieblyn • God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
Taking care of yourself is taking care of your creativity. Taking care of yourself as a whole human being is taking care of the writer in you.
Maggie Smith • Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life
And perhaps more than anything else, what I was reminded of is that human happiness flourishes in community.
Kelly McGonigal • The Joy of Movement: How exercise helps us find happiness, hope, connection, and courage
But I now realized that a sort of incuriosity had set in; my sense of awe had atrophied. I might have disagreed with the conclusions reached by people of faith, but at least that part of their brain was functioning. Every week, they had a set time to consider their place in the universe, to step out of the matrix and achieve some perspective. If yo
... See moreDan Harris • 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works - A True Story
For Augustine, psychology is cartography: to understand oneself is a matter of mapping our penchant to look for love in all the wrong places.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
“These are people who are rooted in a clear sense of identity—who they are, what they love, what they hate, what they value—that gives them a footing to assess a situation.”
Dara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
“The point of full personhood … is this: that whoever finds out what is, for him, good and holds fast to it becomes whole.”