Quote by Muriel Barbery

“that is the secret of happiness and virtue—liking what you’ve got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social…

— Aldous Huxley

“It is my growing conviction that my life belongs to others just as much as it belongs to myself and that what is experienced…

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

“I believe in Individualism. Find out what makes you unique and develop it. Don't run with the herd. Set yourself apart so you can…

— Monica Koldyke Miller

“Anyone can pursue their own particular passion and still embrace the collective and individual tenets of simplicity, presence, and accomplishment.”

— Michael Lombardi

“When we cultivate an intentional life, we have plenty to share. We learn to share, not out of our excess but to purposefully grow…

— Lara Casey

“By experimenting with sympathetic joy, we break from the constricted world of individual struggle and see that joy exists in more places than we…

— Sharon Salzberg

“With practice, this habit pattern replaces our normal habit of egoistic comparison and feels far more natural in the long run. We become very…

— Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

“Everything is habit with men, everything even in their social and political relations. Habit is the great motive-power.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The more we identify and acknowledge moments when we’re unable to share in someone else’s pleasure and ask ourselves whether another person’s happiness truly…

— Sharon Salzberg

“It was a vicious circle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew. Our home was like…

— Alison Bechdel

“The more settled and ordered one's life - and in particular one's communal life - the easier it becomes for one's imagination to fail.”

— Charles Krauthammer

“It's only by owning our struggles and embracing what makes us unique that we grow.”

— Elle Jauffret