Bean on how Power Works
“…these fools always look up for power. People above you, they never want to share power with you. Why you look to them? They give you nothing. People below you, you give them hope, you give them...
View ArticleThe ‘Make Friends With Fear’ Game
“Give it a try, make friends with fear. Why? Because your life is a fucking nightmare and what do you have to lose and it’s worth it if there’s even a chance you’ll be happier with yourself. Right?”...
View ArticleKrista Tippet on Growing Up
“I grew up full of longing but unsure of its object.” Krista Tippet
View ArticleViktor Frankl on Success
“Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the...
View ArticleAn Obituary we all Need to Read
“As much as people knew hanging out with him would end in a night in jail or a killer screwdriver hangover, he was the type of man that people would drive 16 hours at the drop of a dime to come see. He...
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It is absolutely possible…
I don’t know if this happens to you, but when I get a good email, something from someone who my work has helped, I don’t ever really let it feel… i don’t know… good. I see how much better it could have...
View ArticleCornell West on How to do Good in America
“… and of course America is a romantic project. It’s paradiso, city on the hill and all this other mess and lies and so on. No, no, America is a very fragile democratic experiment predicated on the...
View ArticleRumi on What You Think You Want
I know that God will give me my daily bread… When I run after what I think I want, My days are a furnace of distress and anxiety; If I sit in my own place of patience, What I need flows to me, And...
View ArticleAlan Watts on Vices and Naughtiness
“I have no wish to defend my ‘vices’ with propaganda, making out that they are in fact virtues which others should follow. I am only saying that I distrust people who show no sign of naughtiness or...
View ArticleAbout Your Sad Parts…
“There are parts of you that want the sadness. Find them out. Ask them why.” Yrsa Daley-Ward
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