You see, we are constantly trying to be this or that, to achieve a particular state, to capture one kind of experience and avoid another, so the mind is everlastingly occupied with something; it is never still to listen to the noise of its own struggles and pains. Be simple... and don’t try to become something or to capture some experience.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror, than be rich and famous.

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You can be anything or anyone you want to be