“On December 25, 1968, a day after the photograph was taken, the poet Archibald MacLeish wrote in the New York Times : “To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where… — Emily Esfahani Smith Copy Share Image
“In life there will be good things and bad things,’ ” he realized, “ ‘and you can try to pull in all of the good things and push away all of the bad things, but everything will change anyway, so just let go.’ Once I did, there was no pushing or pulling anymore. I could just be with my experience, and that… — Emily Esfahani Smith Copy Share
“I saw clearly that the idea of the self—of distinction, of me, of an inner and outer—is just an illusion,” he said, “something created… — Emily Esfahani Smith Copy Share Image
“To Aristotle, eudaimonia is not a fleeting positive emotion. Rather, it is something you do. Leading a eudaimonic life, Aristotle argued, requires cultivating the… — Emily Esfahani Smith Copy Share Image
“On December 25, 1968, a day after the photograph was taken, the poet Archibald MacLeish wrote in the New York Times : “To see… — Emily Esfahani Smith Copy Share Image
