“ How long will this last, this delicious feeling of being alive, of having penetrated the veil which hides beauty and the wonders of celestial vistas? It doesn't matter, as there can be nothing but gra… Alexander Shulgin
“ A majority of young people seem to develop mental arteriosclerosis forty years before they get the physical kind. Another question: why do some people remain open and elastic into extreme old age, whe… Aldous Huxley
“ • Judge less–or at least later.• Give new ideas and images a chance.• Understand that everyone has his own truth or her own.• Remember: you are not married to any belief, opinion, or ideology.• Expect… Victoria Moran
“ He loved his family, his friends, his writing, his painting; he knew their flaws, but they neither surprised nor embittered him. Philip Zaleski
“ Reading what you want, and having one book lead to the next, is the way I found my discipline. Joseph Campbell
“ When you don't have a job (requiring reading) and you are doing your own reading you've got deep psychological questions. As deep as those of a little boy. Joseph Campbell
“ Watch for subjects as you go but the city or the country. Keep your eyes and ears open, and you will hear and see angels. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“ The life-changing encounters that John Quincy Adams made as an adolescent on his own in Stockholm began with a friendship he struck up at a bookstore. Paul C. Nagel
“ Lincoln was less well-read than many a professor or journalist, but what he read, he read deeply. Richard Brookhiser
“ The world shall retire from me before I shall retire from the world. John Quincy Adams Paul C. Nagel
“ Every blossoming flower warns you that it is time to seek the Lord; be not out of tune with nature, but let your heart bud and bloom with holy desires. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“ Become dangerously open to all points of view. Are you dangerously open, or safely closed? Bryant McGill
“ I thought that when I spilled one secret, the rest would come tumbling after, but openness is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to, I'm finding, Veronica Roth
“ Realtechnik is skeptical about linear progress. It encourages humility, a state of mind in which we are most open to facing problems and reconsidering decisions. It helps us acknowledge costs and reco… Sherry Turkle
“ She had responded to the loss of her husband, to poverty, to disease, and to family cruelty with boldness and ingenuity, by opening herself to others, especially to her children and her Church, pourin… Philip Zaleski
