“We can at least see what philosophy is not: it is not contemplation, reflection, or communication.”— Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, amazon.com
“For all the productivity and success advice I’ve read, shaped and marketed for dozens of authors in the last decade, I’ve never really seen someone come out and say: Find yourself a spouse who complements and supports you and makes you better. Instead, we’re supposed to believe that relationships ti…”— Ryan Holiday, ryanholiday.net
“Physical chemistry is not physical at all. Anybody can be attracted to another person, but when bodies move like they've known one another forever and eyes lock like you weren't strangers just a little while ago and lips meet like they were built for one another, it is a manifestation of something d…”— Anonymous, amazon.com
“When sunlight shines through the trees, the interplay between light and leaves. The feeling of your skin on someone else’s. People who are funny without being mean. People who are deep without being negative. The mind fuck that is 'all is as it should be.'”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“As I have seen repeatedly in my own life and you can see with even a cursory study of history, problems are not solved with an uncontrollable flash of genius or creativity, but with sober reflection, strategy and execution. We don’t go in fueled by adrenaline, guns blazing. Rather, a solution is a w…”— Ryan Holiday, Ryan Holiday, thoughtcatalog.com
“From a young age, resilient children tended to meet the world on their own terms. They were autonomous and independent, would seek out new experiences, and had a positive social orientation. Though not especially gifted, these children used whatever skills they had effectively. Perhaps most importan…”— Maria Konnikova, newyorker.com
“Very intelligent people are actually less satisfied with their lives if they socialize with people more frequently. Those with more intelligence and the capacity to use it are less likely to spend so much time socializing because they are focused on some other longer term objective. Think of the rea…”— Christopher Ingraham, washingtonpost.com
“The truth is that the key to relaxation and finding inner peace doesn’t rely much on work, culture, or consumption. Telling the truth in daily life will completely change your life. People become unhappy over time because they lie to everyone. The best way to uncover your own mental lies is to ask y…”— Daily Zen, medium.com
“Too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with an ill bringing-up, are far more fatal than total ignorance.”— Plato, amazon.com
“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.”— Erica Jong, amazon.com
“We may not have been built for monogamy, but interestingly enough, it’s the one animalistic trait we aren’t always trying to transcend. We weren’t built to eat at tables or work in fluorescent-lit offices each day, we weren’t built to internalize shame or gamble or consume copious amounts of alcohol…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Imagine what you’ll lose when you gain everything you want. You'll grow up eventually, you'll find love beyond your current comprehension, you'll do work you're proud of, you'll make money. But what of those beautiful days you got to spend alone? What did you do with the sacred hours you had to your…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Emotion is where learning begins, or, as is often the case, where it ends. Put simply, it is literally neurobiologically impossible to think deeply about things that you don’t care about.”— Jessica Lahey, well.blogs.nytimes.com
“Academic institutions have turned culture – which should help us to live and die well – into abstract scholarship. Buddhist philosophies are not like this. They're on a mission to help you find your way through the challenges of existence. That's why it would be extremely strange to hear at a middle…”— Alain de Botton, youtube.com
“There is endless complaining about the expectations put on creatives that don’t actually feel like a burden to actual creatives. Like, wow, 'create something today' how restrictive.”— Chrissy Stockton, chrissystockton.com
“Love is supposed to change you, and it will. This is how we determine the quality of a relationship: by the person we become when we're in it. People always say the opposite – that you should never change for someone else – but with the right person, you will evolve rapidly. The right person will sh…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.”— Alain de Botton, goodreads.com
“Close your eyes and imagine the best version of yourself possible. That’s who you really are, let go of any part of you that doesn’t believe it.”— C. Assaad, goodreads.com
“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”— Tom Robbins, goodreads.com