#ruth

A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to. ↗

— Tom Bissell

#writers #writing #writer

...the heart is an organ of fire. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#english

All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it's not a mistake to go on living. It's better than any medicine. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#medicine

The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary. ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#carbohydrates #diabesity #dr-hyman #dr-robert-lustig #labor

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#least #metaphors #most #space #truth

What the hell is instant? Nothing is instant. Instant rice takes five minutes, instant pudding an hour. I doubt that an instant of blinding pain feels particularly instantaneous. ↗

— John Green

#truth #doubt

Truth is the same always. Whoever ponders it will get the same answer. Buddha got it. Patanjali got it. Jesus got it. Mohammed got it. The answer is the same, but the method of working it out may vary this way or that. (115) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#jesus #mohammed #patanjali #truth #yoga

These Sutras are reminiscent of the Four Noble Truths of Lord Buddha: the misery of the world, the cause of misery, the removal of that misery, and the method used to remove it. Patanjali tells us that pain can be avoided. He further tells us that its cause is ignorance. (115) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#ignorance #pain #yoga-sutra #yoga

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with telling the truth. I know it isn’t fashionable. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#morality #truth #fashion

Use your intellect to guide you, and you will end up putting people off. Rely on your emotions, and you will forever be pushed around. Force your will on others, and you will live in constant tension. There is no getting around it—people are hard to live with. ↗

— Sōseki Natsume

#intellect