“There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love...Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and frustration of trying to love himself. This conviction will not come through condemnations, through hating oneself, through calling self-love bad names in the universe. It comes only in the awareness that one has no self to love.” LoveTryingSelfHateUniverseNamesAwarenessSelf LoveCallingOneselfConvictionConvincedFrustrationWarmthFormulasImpossibilityCondemnationLove Everyone Author:Shunryu Suzuki
“When I was a kid, I thought that if everyone looked up the way I did then everyone would want to study the universe just like me - how could they not? This naiveté is what tells me that my interest was more a calling than a rational comparative assessment about what to be when I grew up.” IfsWayWantKidsUniverseInterestStudyGrewCallingGrew UpLike MeRationalAssessment Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. You cannot hire a wise man or any other intellect to solve it for you. There's no writ of inquest or calling of witness to provide answers.” MenMayUniverseAnswersWiseCallingTasksEndureOneselfSolveIntellectHardestWitness Book:Dune Messiah Source: Dune Messiah
“A job is something we do to get a paycheck and pay our bills. Jobs are legitimate, at times, but work is why we are here in the universe. Work and calling often go together.” TogetherJobsUniversePayCallingBillsPaychecksWhy We Are Here Author:Matthew Fox
“Reality has been around since long before you showed up. Don't go calling it nasty names like 'bizarre' or 'incredible'. The universe was propagating complex amplitudes through configuration space for ten billion years before life ever emerged on Earth. Quantum physics is not 'weird'. You are weird.” YearsLongHas BeensRealityEarthUniverseNamesSpaceCallingTenComplexesIncrediblesPhysicsBillionsQuantumNastyBizarreQuantum PhysicsConfiguration Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky