Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is known about the way the world works.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiThe solution is to gradually become free of societal rewards and learn how to substitute for them rewards that are under one's own powers. This is not to say that we should abandon every goal endorsed by society; rather, it means that, in addition to or instead of the goals others use to bribe us with, we develop a set of our own.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiThose periods of struggling to overcome challenges are what people find to be the most enjoyable times.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiWe cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi