Sirnesto
@sirnesto
Believer in a bright future for humanity. Alarmed at current trajectories. Dad building the plane while flying it. PKM nerd.
Sirnesto
I can do nothing for you but work on myself...you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!
Ram Dass
Ram Dass
"Fear determines what is or isn't possible. If you think something is too scary, it's too scary for you. If you don't think you have any power... you don't. If you aren't the captain of your fate... then fate is the captain of you." - Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling
The problem for Democrats is that any observation of this second truth—a truth that seems likely to darken and expand in the aftermath of yesterday’s attack—will now be condemned as rancorous and immoral—or worse, as an incitement to further political violence. Every necessary criticism of Trump’s authoritarianism, fondness for dictators,... See more
Sam Harris • Stepping Back From the Precipice
“Perfection of character: to live your last day, every day, without frenzy, or sloth, or pretense.” Marcus Aurelius
PULL THE THORNS FROM YOUR heart. Then you will see the rose gardens within you,” wrote Rumi,
Sharon Salzberg • Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“Giving people more control over what they do and how they do it increases their happiness, engagement, and sense of fulfillment.” - Cal Newport
“Long-term, healthy patterns of social organization, among all social life-forms, it seemed to me, hinged on work that maintained the integrity of the community while at the same time granting autonomy to its individuals. What made a society beautiful was some combination of autonomy and deference that, together, minimized strife.” Barry Lopez from
... See more“Learn how to learn from those you disagree with, or even offend you.
See if you can find the truth in what they believe.” - Kevin Kelly
“I had no idea, as I remembered the image of the spaceship wounding the moon's right eye, of what the next morning had in store for my own right eye.” Salman Rushdie from Knife