Commonplace Quote by Raoul Vaneigem

We can escape from everything, but not from ourselves.

— Jose Saramago

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.

— Anonymous

“We sensible often resist intrusive love and its chaos practically, employing measures to prevent the former for fear of the latter. But for all…

— Tiffany Madison

“Though it may sound paradoxical, identifying our thoughts, emotions, and habitual patterns of behavior is the key to freedom & transformation.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“In our minds we can proceed without hesitation to the place we might never go in our own lives. There is an opportunity to…

— K. Kiker

We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence.

— Alan Cohen

Nonetheless, we experience a sense of freedom when we feel that we have the ability to make choices and satisfy our primal instincts.

— Ori Hofmekler

“We train ourselves all through our life to waste energy following our inner narratives. We are often unconsciously driven by our fears, worries and…

— Natasa Pantovic Nuit

Every intellectual effort sets us apart from the commonplace, and leads us by hidden and difficult paths to secluded spots where we find ourselves…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

We are most creative and sense other possibilities that transcend our ordinary experience when we leave ourselves behind.

— Karen Armstrong

We can transform reality to the extent that we influence what happens in consciousness and thus free ourselves from the threats and blandishments of…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“He who wishes to attain the profoundly marvelous must free images from their conventional associations, associations always dominated by utilitarian judgement; must learn to…

— Pierre Mabille