who’s in charge

You could ask who’s in charge: Lots of people think, well, we’re humans; we’re the most intelligent and accomplished species - we’re in charge. But bacteria may have a different outlook: more bacteria live and work in one linear centimeter of your lower colon than the number of all the humans who have ever lived. That’s what’s going on in your digestive tract right now. Are we in charge, or are we simply hosts for bacteria? It all depends on your outlook.

- Neil deGrasse Tyson

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

- Marcus Aurelius 

If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.

- Aldous Huxley

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

- Marcus Aurelius 

Archer

When an archer is shooting for nothing he has all his skill.
If he shoots for a brass buckle he is already nervous.
If he shoots for a prize of gold
he goes blind
or sees two targets
- he is out of his mind!
His skill has not changed. But the prize
divides him. He cares.
He thinks more of winning than of shooting
and the need to win
drains him of power.

— Chuang Tzu

Own Less

Most of the things you own will make you more isolated - from either people or the world around you.