Favorite Quotes
Some of my favorite quotes
“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:
