“If you've ever felt a strange sense of sadness or alienation, there's a potential way out of the confusion- just shift this feeling into a sense of purpose. It's not about happiness, although happiness often results from doing something you love. Instead, it's about challenge and fulfillment, finding the perfect combination of striving and achievement that comes from reaching a big goal.”
Source: The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
“We choose to embrace a quest, and we choose to live for adventure.”
Source: The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
“When discontent sets in it's time to make some changes. In a world where so much is possible, yet so many people are unhappy, there has to be another way.”
Source: The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
“I want to be remembered as a person who wasn't afraid to start things.”
Source: The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
“If you're doing something you love, it doesn't matter that it's challenging. You can keep going for a long time as long as you're motivated- just make sure you choose the right starting point. If you're lucky, as happened with Stephen, Your inclination may even become a vocation.”
Source: The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
“A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has its price-tag on.”
Source: Remembrance of Things Past: Volume III - The Captive, The Fugitive, & Time Regained
“You can't achieve anything deeply satisfying without a drawn-out process leading up to it- and yet process demands a goal. You can't love one without at least appreciating the other.”
Source: The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
“Narcissists only play for their own business, whereas Distortionists play with other’s business only to gain personal advantage. If you are both, then you aren’t an entrepreneur.”
“What use is a power to read the heavens if it cannot be turned to your own benefit?”
Source: Black Sun
“The stars and the rivers
and waves call you back.”