“There has always been a part of me that saw wilderness and risk-taking as the path to freedom.” Quote by Sam Keen
“Aristotle said that philosophy begins in wonder. I believe it also ends in wonder. The ultimate way in which we relate to the world as something sacred is by renewing our sense of wonder. That's why I'm so opposed to the kind of miracle-mongering we find in both new-age and old-age religion. We're attracted to pseudomiracles only because we've ceased to wonder at the world, at how amazing it is.” WorldWayBelieveKindSaidEndsPhilosophyAgeI BelieveWonderUltimateMiracleSacredOld AgeRelateNew AgeSense Of Wonder Author:Sam Keen
“Our society has been eaten up by the economic view of things, which routinely forces us to work at jobs that don't mean anything.” MeanHas BeensJobsForceViewsEconomicOur Society Author:Sam Keen
“I think we're inevitably going to be depressed when we focus the major part of our energy and attention on something that doesn't give us meaning, only material things.” ThinkingGivingEnergyAttentionFocusMaterialsMajorsMaterial Things Author:Sam Keen
“It's perfectly possible to spend forty hours a week on a job that's meaningless, as long as you know what your real vocation is and find some way to express it. Then you won't confuse your job with the meaning of your life.” KnowsWayLongRealJobsHoursWeekFortyMeaninglessVocation Author:Sam Keen
“To really love a person completely is to come to a point where your stories are intertwined.” PersonsStoriesIntertwined Author:Sam Keen
“A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.” ValuesPaintingCostIncreaseSellsShocking Author:Damien Hirst
“The deepest mystery comes not when we don't know somebody well, but when we do.” KnowsWellsMystery Author:Sam Keen
“I've spent my life cultivating knowledge of myself. But the more I know myself, the more utterly mysterious I become.” KnowsMysteriousCultivating Author:Sam Keen
“The more we chase away the false mysteries - those things we think we know about ourselves and others - the more mysterious our existence becomes.” ThinkingKnowsExistenceMysteryMysterious Author:Sam Keen
“At thirty I lived in a world where death wasn't immediately real; it was always something "out there." My deeply held illusions of immortality - a product of my very conservative religious upbringing - were still pretty much intact.” WorldStillsRealReligiousProductsIllusionConservativeImmortalityThirtyUpbringing Author:Sam Keen
