You are not just a meaningless fragment in an alien universe, briefly suspended between life and death, allowed a few short-lived pleasures followed by pain and ultimate annihilation.

By a monstrous act of reductionism, the infinite depth of who you are is confused with a sound produced by the vocal cords." (p. 28)

Don't wait to be successful at some future point, have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

Enthusiasm cannot be a continuous state. It comes in waves.

And whenever you feel that essence in another, you also feel it in yourself.

Presence is a state of inner spaciousness

Sometimes people need to experience great loss to really be driven deeper.