“It is not the amount of knowledge that makes a brain. It is not even the distribution of knowledge. It is the interconnectedness."

— Howard Bloom

"There is not really any ‘good’ and ‘bad’ in Buddhism; there are just actions that bring us greater happiness and those that bring us greater pain. To live skilfully, therefore, is to live in harmony with these principles." - Peter Morell

"[addiction] originates in a human being’s desperate attempt to solve a problem: the problem of emotional pain, of overwhelming stress, of lost connection, of loss of control, of a deep discomfort with the self." - Gabor Maté

"The first question is not Why the addiction? but Why the pain?" - Gabor Maté

You are under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously.
– Richard Feynman