“When we are in this state of being, where we are open to life and all its possibilities,’ willing to take the next step as it is presented to us, then we meet the most remarkable people who are important contributors to our life. This occurs in part through the meeting of our eyes; it’s as if our souls instantly connect, so that we become part of a life together at that moment.” – Joseph Jaworski
Quotes
“When this new type of commitment starts to operate, there is a flow around us. Things just seem to happen. We begin to see that with very small movements, at just the right time and place, all sorts of consequent actions are brought into being. We develop what artists refer to as an ‘economy of means,’ where, rather than getting things done through effort and brute force, we start to operate very subtly. A flow of meaning begins to operate around us, as if we were part of a larger conversation.” – Peter Senge
“Again and again, the sacred texts tell us that our life’s purpose is to understand and develop the power of our spirit, power that is vital to our mental and physical well-being.” – Caroline Myss
“An innate quality among sentient beings, particularly among human beings, is the urge or strong feeling to encounter or experience happiness and discard suffering or pain. Therefore, the whole basis of human life is the experience of different levels of happiness. Achieving or experiencing happiness is the purpose of life.” – His Holiness the Dalai Lama
“You are born with a character; it is given, a gift, as the old stories say, from the guardians upon your birth….each person enters the world called.” – James Hillman
“Man would rather have the void as purpose than be void of purpose.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine. What is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.” – Susan Sontag
“The true spirit of conversation consists more in bringing out the cleverness of others than in showing a great deal of it yourself; he who goes away pleased with himself and his own wit is also greatly pleased with you. Most men…seek less to be instructed, and even to be amused, than to be praised and applauded.” – Jean de La Bruyere
“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” – Sir Isaac Newton
“The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience.” – Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck
