Quotes by : Mark Matousek

As one widow put it to me, “Strength doesn’t mean being able to stand up to anything, but being able....

The quest for knowledge is what makes humans survive, even if it hurts.” I have trouble imagining that....

Whatever it takes to break your heart and wake you up is grace.

joy is not just about being happy. Joy is a rigorous spiritual practice of saying yes to life on life’s....

Reinvention is my philosophy, if you want to call it that,” he says, looking out the window. “Imagination....

The French have a term for this brazenness: je m’en foutisme, the brave art of not giving a damn.

Survival requires a dose of madness—what cynics call “hoping against hope”—just like art does;....

When people are in need, you must be present. When people suffer, you must let them know you’re suffering....

joy is not just about being happy. Joy is a rigorous spiritual practice of saying yes to life on life’s....

You go on with your life, because life goes on,” says Isabel. “You see this in anyone who has survived....