We do not settle into love; we let love unsettle us.
Love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love.
Erich Fromm
The neuron is not the only road to pain.
The multiple realizability thesis contends that a single mental kind (property, state, event) can be realized by many distinct physical kinds.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Akrasia – when desire recruits reason to rewrite reality.
As long as we cheat just a little bit, we can reap the benefits of cheating and still view ourselves as wonderful human beings.
Dan Ariely
What is ‘Interbeing’?
If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper.
Thích Nhất Hạnh, Buddhist monk
Remembering is an act of justice.
Lily: Why would I want to remember something so terrible? Sebastian: Because it's true. Lily: It's not true if I don't remember.
The Sheep Detectives, 2026
Happiness cannot lead; it can only follow.
…the pursuit of happiness may be self-defeating.
Jonathan W. Schooler
We learn to see the world by acting within it.
[S]elf-produced movement with its concurrent visual feedback is necessary for the development of visually-guided behavior.
Richard Held & Alan Hein, 1963
Identity limits the beliefs we can entertain.
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his [identity] depends on his not understanding it.
Upton Sinclair (adapted; original…
Lessons on Emotional Hospitality.
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
Shalom – Peace as wholeness.
Peace is a movement from fragmented selves toward an integrated whole.
Granville D. Austin