The Skull Mantra Quotes

“Investigations, meditations, careers, relationships were much the same, he mused. They failed because no one thought to ask the right question.”
― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra

“our life is the instrument we use to experiment with the truth.”
― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra

“It is a mistake to think of courage as something you show to others. True courage is only something you show to yourself.”
― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra

“He said you must always step forward from where you stand.”
― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra

“Our demons, they have a way of becoming self-fulfilling.”
― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra

“If you are not careful your soul will wear out long before your body.”
― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra

“A man’s life, Choje taught his monks, did not move in a linear progression, with each day an equal chit on the calendar of existence. Rather it moved from defining moment to defining moment, marked by the decisions that roiled the soul.”
― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra

“I said I was looking for the temple of the saints, in order to find myself. He told me I didn’t need the temple, he would show me all I needed to know. Here is what it takes, he said, and he set his burden on the ground and stood straight. “But what do I do when I go home? I asked. Simple, he said. When you go home you do this—and he put the burden back on his shoulder.”
― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra

“He looked calmer somehow. It wasn’t peace of mind he had found, but maybe a new deliberation.”
― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra