101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

Socially intelligent people listen to criticism before they respond to it—an immediate emotional response without thoughtful consideration is just defensiveness.

The dynamics afterward always tell you more than what the relationship did—grief is a faster teacher than joy—but what does it mean when you cycle out to being strangers again?

They don’t confuse a bad feeling for a bad life.

To be effective is to be a machine, a product of the age.

An untamed mind is a minefield.

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”

Bad feelings should not always be interpreted as deterrents

When you consider doing something that you truly love and are invested in, you are going to feel an influx of fear and pain, mostly because it will involve being vulnerable

In a more cerebral context, if you

a more cerebral context, if you consciously learn to regard the “problems” in your life as openings for you to adopt a greater understanding and then develop a better way of living, you will step out of the labyrinth of suffering and learn what it means to thrive.