As a teacher, one of the things that I find out about students relatively early on is whether they are interested in the real thing—do they really want the truth, or do they actually just want to feel better? —Adyashanti

Hoping to live days of greater happiness, I forget that days of lesser happiness are passing by.—Elizabeth Bishop

Look, everybody, we’re all looking for answers … We all want to understand who we are and where we come from, but sometimes we want to know the answers so badly that we believe just about anything—Stan Marsh, South Park