“Reconsidering Happiness captures all the contradictory impulses of falling in and out of love-the lust and wanderlust, the contentment and restlessness, the secret loyalties, the hard compromises. Sherrie Flick has written a wise and elegant novel.” HardFallSecretNovelWiseWrittenLoyaltyLustCompromiseImpulseContentmentCaptureElegantContradictoryRestlessness Author:John Dalton
“Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some secret passion of the moment which lies hidden and concealed within the narrowest folds of his heart.” MenHeartMomentsActionLyingPassionNaturalSecretBottomCommitImpulseFoldsConcealed Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“I'll tell you what I think. I think sages are the growing tip of the secret impulse of evolution. I think they are the leading edge of the self-transcending drive that always goes beyond what went before. I think they embody the very drive of the Kosmos toward greater depth and expanding consciousness. I think they are riding the edge of a light beam toward a rendezvous with God.” ThinkingSelfLightSecretConsciousnessGreaterGrowingEvolutionDepthEdgesImpulseRidingSageExpandingBeamTranscendingRendezvous Book:A Brief History of Everything Source: A Brief History of Everything
“First you look for discipline and control. You want to exercise your will, bend the language your way, bend the world your way. You want to control the flow of impulses, images, words, faces, ideas. But there's a higher place, a secret aspiration. You want to let go. You want to lose yourself in language, become a carrier or messenger.” WorldWayWantFirstsLooksIdeasFacesLanguageLosesSecretHigherDisciplineExerciseLetting GoFlowImpulseAspirationMessengersLosing YourselfCarrier Book:Conversations with Don DeLillo Source: Conversations with Don DeLillo