
"Existentialism is where you end up after a philosophy degree and three failed relationships." - The Functional Melancholic
"The self is like a flame, it appears to be a thing but it is really just a process." - Alan Watts
"Zen is the art of doing one thing at a time, like it matters, because it is the only thing you will ever do." - The Functional Melancholic (clearly adapted from Thich Nhat Han)
"We don't need better coping strategies. We need a better system." - The Functional Melancholic
"Basic contentment is realizing that there is no point in your life where you can reasonably be judged. You are an unfinished work always in a state of becoming. It is neither reasonable nor possible to judge that which is not finished." - AutMouse