"Anything we do for a long time can become stale if we’re not careful. Suddenly there are conditions, demands, desires for recognition, success, profit, improvement. In Zen, this is called “gaining idea,” and it’s antithetical to zazen. “Our way to sit is not to acquire something; it is to express our true nature,” Suzuki Roshi wrote. “That is our practice.”" — Katie Arnold Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World
"I know how seductive holding on to suffering can be because I’ve done it. In many ways it feels safe. I know how powerful the identity of brokenness can be and I have many versions of this story." — Cory Richards The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
"If we stay in the story too long, it becomes a cage." — Cory Richards The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
"Hard as it might be to accept, trying to fix someone is deeply narcissistic behavior." — Cory Richards The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
"'Asking for help isn’t giving up,' said the horse. 'It’s refusing to give up.'" — Charlie Mackesy The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
"There is little room for others when we’re consumed by ourselves." — Cory Richards The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
"It is one of the most futile emotions we entertain – mourning something that never existed as if it had been promised to us." — Carolyn Highland Wild Snow, "A Grand Traverse Gone Awry"
"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind." — Bruce Lee
"What’s the point of being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes?" — 4th Doctor Doctor Who, "Robot"
"To pit oneself against the mountain is necessary for every climber: to pit oneself merely against other players, and make a race of it, is to reduce to the level of a game what is essentially an experience… the mere setting up of a record is of very minor importance. What he values is a task that, demanding of him all he has and is, absorbs and so releases him entirely." — Nan Shepherd The Living Mountain
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." — African proverb
"People are linked, not ranked, with each other, with nature and with the universe." — Gloria Steinem
"There’s always something to look at if you open your eyes." — 5th Doctor Doctor Who, "Kinda"
"If you try to be right instead of being kind, you will be remembered as neither." — Jimmy Funkhouser via Brendan Leonard Semi-Rad, "One of the Smartest Things Anyone Has Ever Said to Me"
"We sometimes think we have a lot of bad news, but what we often have are small problems plus a huge amount of first-world entitlement." — Brendan Leonard Adventure Journal, "The Not-So-Bad Bad Day"
"Remember that rain is simply falling to the ground and you are in the way." — Unknown
"We are small, so much smaller even than we may have thought. To me, that’s not a frightening idea. It’s a helpful corrective to the frantic self-importance we are prone to as a species—and also a reminder to make the most of our moment on this beautiful, strange, durable yet fragile planet." — Chris Hadfield You are Here
"Let go of everything you think you know and be a blank canvas." — Misty Copeland
"Never be certain of anything. It's a sign of weakness." — 4th Doctor Doctor Who, "The Face of Evil"
"This is not a book that relishes its own discoveries; it prefers to relish its own ignorances." — Nan Shepherd The Living Mountain
