Favorite Quotes
Some of my favorite quotes
“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.” - Richard P. Feynman
Richard Feynman is a world renowned physicist known for his delicate explanations of incredibly difficult topics. His philosophy on understanding and being curious about the world is deeply aligned with my own.
“Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.” - Daniel Kahneman
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” - Seneca
As the psychologist Daniel Kahneman illustrates in his book Thinking Fast and Slow, our subconscious demands completeness and defaults to filling in the blanks. More often than not, the generated information is self-destructive and causes us to suffer due to our imagination. Practicing mindfulness is essential to accepting and living in the present world.
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” - Wayne Dyer
Perspective is everything. We must be willing to see life from other views and look at things differently. Seek to understand, not to convince.
“It is not the length of life, but the depth of life. He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ineffably curious, I seek to understand almost all things at a deep level, regardless of the information’s utility in that moment. Even before I could read, I would ask my mother what every billboard said as we were driving from place to place. As such, I deeply resonate with this quote.
“We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection. Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves. Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.” - Brené Brown, (The Gifts of Imperfection)
Love is grown, not found. Love is practiced.
