Adversity Quote by E. J. Gold

Habit, laziness, and fear conspire to keep us comfortably within the familiar.

— Jane Hirshfield

Living from our deepest understanding requires an enormous effort, especially when it goes against the stream of our instinctually programmed perceptions of the world.

— Stephen Batchelor

“[I]n trying to figure out the brain, the obstacle is that we have no finer instrument than the brain itself for the purpose. The…

— Alan W. Watts

Our inability to think beyond our own species, or to be able to co-habit with other life forms in what is patently a massive…

— Lawrence Anthony

“nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know …nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. perhaps…

— Pema Chödrön

“To the extent that we believe we can skip steps, avoid the process, magically gain power through political connections or easy formulas, or depend…

— Robert Greene

As for our inner level of obstacle, perhaps the only enemy we have is that we don't like the way reality is now and…

— Pema Chodron

Human beings are on a journey of awareness, which has momentarily been interrupted by extraneous forces.

— Carlos Castaneda

Is not our chief neurosis - by which I mean our estrangement from nature - our desire to hold fast to what is forever…

— James Hollis

“This compulsion to connect experiences, symbols, images, and ideas stems directly from the brain's vital function as an organ evolved to make sense of…

— David DiSalvo

“Obstacles are those frightening things that appear when we take our mind off our goals”

— Ned Vizzini

“Consciousness, out of its own free will, chooses particular roles to play out of the nearly infinite possibilities—and then naturally seeks to relinquish those…

— Christopher D Wallis