"Taking in the good is not about putting a happy shiny face on everything, nor is it about turning away from the hard things in life. It's about nourishing well-being, contentment, and peace inside tha..."
- Rick Hanson
"The point is not to resist painful experiences or grasp at pleasant ones: that's a kind of craving - and craving leads to suffering. The art is to find a balance in which you remain mindful, accepting..."
"Be happy. Be free. You have a universe inside you."
- Sophia Elaine Hanson
"Trees surrounded them from all sides, casting long inky shadows that would, at another time, have been scary. But there was no point in being scared of what might be lurking in the shadows when the bi..."
- Caroline Hanson
"The irony of lifeIs our greatest fear is to forget,Yet it's the only certain fateThat anything has ever met.We know one day our earthWill find itself victim to time,That nothing will be leftTo tell of..."
- Erin Hanson
"He walked up to me with his heart on his sleeve,Asking, 'Where'd we go wrong on the way?For I've wandered this city and oh its a pity,They talk but have nothing to say,"I told him that's true about ci..."
- Emily Hanson
"If she was going to die she wanted to go out with chocolate in one hand and a shopping bag in the other."
"She tried to think of the right thing to say - something that would make him leave her alone. If she said she could defend herself he'd want her to prove it. But if she said she couldn't defend hersel..."
"Life is about juggling obligations, Valerie. You need to study smarter, not harder."
"Victory may now require a level of force deemed objectionable by civilized peoples, meaning that some, for justifiable reasons, may be reluctant to pursue it. But victory has not become an ossified co..."
- Victor Davis Hanson