Denise Nader

“All the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before prehistory there was the prehistory of the prehistory and there was the never and there was the yes. It was ever so. I don’t know why, but I do know that the universe never began.
Make no mistake, I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort.”
― Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

“Discard anything that doesn’t spark joy.” If you have tried this method even a little, you have realized by now that it is not that difficult to identify something that brings you joy. The moment you touch it, you know the answer. It is much more difficult to decide to discard something. We come up with all kinds of reasons for not doing it, such as “I didn’t use this particular pot all year, but who knows, I might need it sometime.…” or “That necklace my boyfriend gave me, I really liked it at the time.…” But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”
― Marie Kondō, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

“las razones que explican que uno no sea budista? Uno no es budista si no puede aceptar que todas las cosas compuestas o creadas son transitorias y cree, por el contrario, en la existencia de alguna substancia o concepto esencial que sea permanente. Uno no es budista si no puede aceptar que todas las emociones son dolorosas y cree, por el contrario, que algunas emociones son placenteras. Uno no es budista si no puede aceptar que todos los fenómenos son ilusorios y vacíos y cree, por el contrario, que ciertas cosas poseen una existencia inherente. Si, por último, uno cree que la iluminación existe dentro de las esferas del tiempo, el espacio y el poder, tampoco es budista.”
― Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, Tú también puedes ser budista: Descubre las claves del budismo

“Damn real live people, getting in the way of peaceful ideals.”
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War