- “If one follows what is in one’s heart (let’s leave out mind for the moment), one ends up with what one truly values and loves in life—and one acts accordingly. One’s own private indulgent cyclic habitual reactive subjective transitory feelings are, hopefully, not at the head of that list.” ― Darrell Calkins, Re:
- Curiosity is more important than IQ. Ana Lorena Fabrega
- There are different kinds of curiosity: one springs from interest, which makes us desire to know everything that may be profitable to us; another from pride, which springs from a desire of knowing what others are ignorant of. François de La Rochefoucauld (See also: ego quotes)
- Boredom is just lack of attention. Sven Schnieders
- “Life will give you what you need once you will do something with it. It may not give you what you want so as to be as comfortable as you want, as Nature’s concern is need as it relates to evolution. In my humble opinion, Nature is too kind, but, as I say, the game is big, and the challenges and temptations absolute. And this is a fascinating aspect of the totality of beauty; it gives more than is only necessary. The generosity is mind- and heart boggling.” ― Darrell Calkins, Re:
- “In my work, I try to create situations in which we take ideas, information, experiences and qualities to a pragmatic arena. Then within those, to relearn or experiment with how we respond to internal and external variables. There’s no point to understanding something but remaining incapable of applying it. I think real knowledge and understanding is experiential, and the easiest way to access those is through our physical being.” ― Darrell Calkins
- “My intention is not to define a perfect life and then cause an unhappy analysis of what you are not doing correctly or are incapable of doing.” ― Darrell Calkins, Re:
- The curious mind embraces science; the gifted and sensitive, the arts; the practical, business; the leftover becomes an economist. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- “In my experience, most people are actually seeking recovery from the monotony and anxiety of qualitative repetition. This applies to body, emotions and mind. And that monotony and anxiety involves inertia just as much as over-use, meaning inertia in some areas and over-use in others.” ― Darrell Calkins, Re:
- Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. I think a lot of what people call intelligence boils down to curiosity. Aaron Swartz
- “If you, one, loves something or someone, that means that one is willing to, and does, sacrifice for it. That is, one chooses to do and give what is better to the being or thing one loves than to sacrifice the loved one for the personal emotion that is unrelated to or even hinders the giving. In other words, the way to transform an emotion is with a deeper one. This involves discernment and, yes, discipline, which are both frowned upon and seen as emotionless and less important. Which is immaturity, plain and simple, and is the fundamental aspect of human growth from child to adolescence to adult.” ― Darrell Calkins, Re: