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It really matters how we name things.
Once abolish the God and the government becomes the God. G.K. Chesterton
Tolkien said that Tom "is not an important person to the narrative," but “he represents something that I feel important."
The evil in this world cannot be stopped by force, but it will be woven into the patterns of the Celestial Music.
Albert Einstein got his insights not so much from thinking as from being silent...
Abundance is not about what you own, it’s about how you feel.
Why was Gandalf afraid and why did Bilbo give him courage?
Two types of magic in the Lord of the Rings — Art and the Machine.
Like Hercules fighting the Hydra, we chop off one head only to find two more at the same place. We need to look away. Shift the focus.
Become Harry Potter, find the Horcruxes, and destroy the shame around them.
When we are busy with many things, our attention is divided. We are not fully present in what we do.
It's impossible to do meditation wrong but I did…
A great work of art is never a means to an end. It arises out of wonder at something that turned your world upside down.
Language is not a communication tool but a portal into being.
One of my friends said, it’s hard not to fall asleep in the first several chapters of the book. There’s hardly any action.
Destructive emotions thrive on three things: secrecy, silence, and judgment, says Brene Brown.
How to break free from addiction for good? Whether it’s alcohol or social media, if you have battled with addiction for any number of years, you know that it’s not enough to just stop. Stopping is relatively easy. The hard part is not to start again. Bill Wilson, a co-founder of AA, saw thousands of people quit drinking after “working the 12-step program.” But he noticed over time that many of them eventually replaced their old addiction with a new one. “How often have some of us begun to drink in this nonchalant way, and after the third or fourth, pounded on the bar and said to ourselves, “For God’s sake, how did I ever get started again?’” AA’s Big Book, page 24.
