Sam Keen

“Burnout is nature's way of telling you, you've been going through the motions your soul has departed.”

“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.”

“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”

“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”

“A story is the shortest distance between a human being and the truth.”

“The way of the warrior is the resolute acceptance of death.”

“Awe is the beginning of wisdom.”

“To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.”

“Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops slowly, and commitment more slowly still.”

“You can't get the juice from the orange by squeezing it with your memory.”

“We are all storytellers. We all live in a network of stories. There isn't a stronger connection between people than storytelling.”

“What you pay attention to grows.”