I don't like work – no man does – but I like what is in the work, – the chance to find yourself. #JosephConrad #HeartOfDarkness 1902

I know of a cure for everything: salt water – sweat, tears or the sea.

#KarenBlixen #IsakDinesen

Any perception can connect us to reality properly and fully. What we see doesn’t have to be pretty, particularly; we can appreciate anything that exists. There is some principle of magic in everything, some living quality. Something living, something real, is taking place in everything.

#Shambhala - The Sacred Path of the Warrior 1978
#ChögyamTrungpa (1939–1987)

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

#CarlJung in #MemoriesDreamsReflections 1961

crowded with incident but without purpose

“You must become your own heroine. Most people have lives crowded with incident but without purpose.”

#SarahBanBreathnach in #SimpleAbundance 1995

In an age of speed nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still. #IyerPico #PicoIyer #TheArtOfStillness

Going nowhere, as Leonard Cohen would later emphasize for me, isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply. - #IyerPico #TheArtOfStillness

The key to loving how you live is in knowing what it is you truly love.

#SarahBanBreathnach in #SimpleAbundance 1995

Somebody needs to suggest #KamalaHarris to join #Mastodon

The kindest person in the room is often the smartest.

#JBPritzker (1965)

from commencement speech at #NorthwesternUniversity (Evanston, Illinois) on 12 June 2023

full video (22 mins) available on #NBCChicago YouTube channel

@Wiobyrne

"Tell me what you do with the food you eat, and I'll tell you who you are. What I eat I turn into work and good humour."

#NikosKazantzakis (1882 – 1957) #ZorbaTheGreek 1946