Search results for “Lisbeth Zwerger”
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.”
John Quincy Adams on Efficiency vs. Effectiveness, the Proper Aim of Ambition, and His Daily Routine
“The spark from Heaven is given to few — It is not to be obtained by intreaty or by toil.”
Freedom and Destiny: Rollo May on the Value of Despair as a Portal to Joy
“Joy… follows rightly confronted despair. Joy is the experience of possibility, the consciousness of one’s freedom as one confronts one’s destiny… After despair, the one thing left is possibility.”
Kierkegaard on Time, the Fullness of the Moment, and How to Bridge the Ephemeral with the Eternal
“The moment is not properly an atom of time but an atom of eternity. It is the first reflection of eternity in time, its first attempt, as it were, at stopping time.”
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.”
Empathy Is a Clock That Ticks in the Consciousness of Another: The Science of How Our Social Interactions Shape Our Experience of Time
“We may be born alone, but childhood ends with a synchrony of clocks, as we lend ourselves fully to the contagion of time.”
When Things Fall Apart: Tibetan Buddhist Nun and Teacher Pema Chödrön on Transformation Through Difficult Times
“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.”
Power and Tenderness: Robert Penn Warren on Democracy, Art, and the Integrity of the Self
“[Art] is the process by which… a society comes to understand itself, and by understanding, discover its possibilities of growth.”
Descartes on Opinion vs. Reason, the Key to a Wakeful Mind, and the Discipline of Critical Introspection
“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to apply it well.”
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