When people’s dogs and chicks are lost they go out and look for them and yet the people who have lost their hearts do not go out and look for them. The principle of self-cultivation consists in nothing but trying to look for the lost heart.
Mencius (372 BC-289 BC) Chinese Confucian philosopher
“I love this quote. I think much of my life’s work is centered on understanding what that means in being human where we lose sight of our heart and all the ways in which spiritual traditions help us re-find it.”
Mark Nepo, philosopher, poet and author of
Falling Down and Getting Up:
Discovering Your Inner Resilience and Strength
