„The lower self does not want anyone to receive anything from anybody else, and if it is aware of something receiving a special boon, it seeks to destroy it.“

— Rumi
„I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.“
— Robert A. Heinlein
„I don’t want to be anything special. I only want to try to be true to that in me which seeks to fulfill its promise.“
— Etty Hillesum
„In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.“
— John Muir