Courage
Each time you attempt that task you will understand that what clear thinking calls for is not intelligence—that is easily come by—but the courage that has successfully coped with fear and with desire, for the moment you desire something or fear something, your heart will consciously or unconsciously get in the way of your thinking.
Anthony SJ de Mello • The Way to Love: Meditations for Life
we can see that freedom is actually more of a state of mind. Instead of being dependent upon wealth or status or others for our freedom, I believe we ultimately want to feel free regardless of our circumstances. I’m free to do what I want even if it feels uncomfortable, risky, or might make me look like an idiot. I don’t have to let my need to prot
... See moreTripp Lanier • This Book Will Make You Dangerous: The Irreverent Guide For Men Who Refuse to Settle
To tackle a problem intellectually is very easy. But to tackle a problem existentially – not just to think about it, but to live it through, to go through it, to allow yourself to be transformed through it – is difficult.
Osho • The Book of Secrets: 112 Meditations to Discover the Mystery Within
You know we have lost all sense of living normally, simply, directly. To get back to that normality, that simplicity, that directness, you cannot follow methods, you cannot merely become automatic machines; and I am afraid most of us are seeking methods because we think that through them we shall realize fullness, stability, and permanency. To me m... See more