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“The path is uncharted. It comes into existence moment by moment and at the same time drops away behind us. It's like riding on a train sitting backwards. We can't see where we're headed, only where we've been.

This is a very encouraging teaching, because it says that the source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today. The source of wisdom is whatever is happening to us right at this very instant.”
― Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?”
― Henry David Thoreau

“It is our imagination that is responsible for love, not the other person.”
― Marcel Proust