"Fate permitting" is a standard Stoic phrase meant to remind ourselves that planning things is up to us, but the ultimate outcomes… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“It is considered equanimity when attachment does not arise towards someone who offers flowers and abhorrence does not arise towards someone who… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
A life that most people will never even know about can be yours in this study, but only if you approach it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Survival is as much a matter of grace as fight. The expression, 'grace under pressure' implies the attainment of equanimity and equilibrium.… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
“The very same person can, at the very same time, seem at peace to some people, and depressed or even suicidal to… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
His [Ben Okri's] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them: To what extent will we allow the indefinable… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“I know now that a writer cannot afford to give in to feelings of rage, disgust, or contempt. Did you answer someone… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“To others, I am as they perceive me, and they address me based on their preferences. I have no objection to people's… — Suman Pokhrel Copy Share Image
What I’ve learned through my meditation is a sense of equanimity, a sense of all things being equal. — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image