“We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us, for our wisdom…

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” – Charles Bukowski Anyone with children knows they are famous for taking…

“Die Religion … ist das Opium des Volkes.” – Karl Marx Karl Marx’s famous dictum that “religion is the opiate of the masses” is based on the idea that we humans, haunted by fears…

“I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” – Jesus At the age of 13 something unimaginably humiliating happened to me…

“There is no such thing as peace of mind.” – David Carse, ‘Perfect, Brilliant, Stillness’ The impetus behind this blog has always been to share, as honestly as possible, my search to understand and…

I spend a lot of time on this site talking about the meaning of life (or its non-meaning), why we’re here, who am I, etc. Of late, however, there’s been a shift to dive…