Search results for “the well of being”
Philosopher Martin Buber on Love and What It Means to Live in the Present
“We live our lives inscrutably included within the streaming mutual life of the universe.”
The Art of Receptivity: Hilton Als on Love
“The thing seemingly freely given often isn’t. It is rare to receive the gift of love, for instance, from someone who doesn’t want to be celebrated for their generosity in having offered it.”
Bertrand Russell on the Two Types of Knowledge and What Makes a Fulfilling Life
“In all forms of love we wish to have knowledge of what is loved, not for purposes of power but for the ecstasy of contemplation… This may indeed be made the touchstone of any love that is valuable.”
Sociological Machiavellianism: Peter Berger on Compassion and the Humanistic Antidote to Cynicism
“Cynicism about society is not the only option besides a credulous conformity to this social aeon or a credulous looking-forward to the one that is to come.”
How Kindness Became Our Forbidden Pleasure
“We are never as kind as we want to be, but nothing outrages us more than people being unkind to us.”
How to Change Your Mind: Michael Pollan on How the Science of Psychedelics Illuminates Consciousness, Mortality, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
“The Beyond, whatever it consists of, might not be nearly as far away or inaccessible as we think.”
A Life of One’s Own: A Penetrating Century-Old Field Guide to Self-Possession, Mindful Perception, and the Art of Knowing What You Really Want
“I did not know that I could only get the most out of life by giving myself up to it.”
The Sane Society: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist Erich Fromm on How to Save Us From Ourselves
“The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself; indeed, we should be fully born, when we die.”
Uncertainty and Our Search for Meaning: Legendary Psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom on How We Glean Our Sense of Purpose
“The search for meaning, much like the search for pleasure, must be conducted obliquely. Meaning ensues from meaningful activity: the more we deliberately pursue it, the less likely are we to find it.”
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