Shows / THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
Each week we take a new quote and explore what it really means in everyday life - through the lens of yoga philosophy, psychology, spirituality, science and our own experiences. As counselors and seekers, we share our thoughts, stories, and insights along the way. Join us for honest, curious conversations that might make you see things a little differently. By Nidhi Garg and Magnus Zaar Welcome to THE LIFE CLUB. Web: thisisthelifeclub.com Insta: @thisisthelifeclub
Episodes
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#94: ”The function of freedom is to free somebody else” by Toni Morrison
The essence of freedom? And our responsibilities towards others? In this episode, we ask: What would you do with your freedom?Would you share it? Use it to…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#93: ”The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change” by Carl Rogers
Let’s face it, accepting ourselves isn’t always easy. But perhaps Carl Rogers can help us see things differently. His quote suggests that genuine personal…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#92: ”There’s more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy" by Friedrich Nietzsche
What if your body knows more than your mind does? Relevant question after having spent some time with Friedrich Nietzsche’s quote: ”There’s more wisdom in your…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#91: ”You can also do injustice by doing nothing” by Marcus Aurelius
Can it be harmful to do nothing? This week, we delve into a quote from Stoic mastermind Marcus Aurelius: “You can also do injustice by doing nothing.” The…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#90: ”Turn your face to the sun and your shadows fall behind you”
“Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.” A very yogic quote, somehow. Not denying the shadows. Not fighting them. Just not letting…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#89: ”Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water; after enlightenment, chop wood, carry water” – zen proverb
Nothing changes. And everything changes. Same life. But less struggle. Life may not change. But the way we experience life can. Lots about vairagya, karma…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#88: “There are two ways of spreading light: be the candle or be the mirror” by Edith Wharton
How to know when to shine - and when to reflect? Edith Wharton wrote: “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#87: “The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook” by William James
The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook. Why? Because what you overlook creates space for what matters. Just imagine what could happen… And add to…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#86: ”Character is destiny” by Heraclitus
Character is not a preset, not something predefined. Character can be created. And therefore, destiny can be created, not by big bold moves and decisions, but…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#85: ”A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for” by John A Shedd
Ship ahoy! What an episode! Lots of boats, setting sail, navigating the seas… and yes, plenty of very obvious sailing analogies. But trust us, they're there…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#84: ”May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears” by Nelson Mandela
Want some Nelson Mandela wisdom? Presented in a truly packed episode of The Life Club? Thought so. Here's what to expect from this, our longest episode so far?…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#83: ”Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart” by Rainer Maria Rilke
In need of an instant well-being boost? Here’s a reminder from Rainer Maria Rilke: • Don’t rush. • Be patient. • Don’t expect certainty. • Act anyway. The…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#82: ”Shame can only survive in silence” by Brené Brown
Let's talk about shame. Why do we have it? What's really the point of it? Shame is something we all experience. Yet most of us don't like to talk about it…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#81: “What we save, saves us” by Barbara Kingsolver
“What we save, saves us.” A quote that holds a lot, and one that can be read both on a macro level and on an individual, micro level. Each perspective gives it…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#80: "Hope is a discipline" by Mariame Kaba
Get ready for our most “all over the place” podcast ever. Is hope an emotion? Or something else? Is it the same as optimism? Or even the same as wishful…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#79: "It's never too late to turn on the light" by Sharon Salzberg
It’s never too late to turn on the light. A truly powerful reminder about change and about agency. And about the simple truth that it’s never too late. As…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#78: ”Choose the next right thing” by Glennon Doyle
In a world filled with endless choices and overwhelming pressures, how do you know what to do next? Take life one step at a time. Instead of trying to solve…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#77: ”You don’t have to be fearless. Doing it afraid is brave” by Susan Jeffers
What would you do without fear? This week it’s time for a Susan Jeffer quote, ”You don’t have to be fearless. Doing it afraid is brave”. Susan Jeffers reminds…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#76: ”Be where your feet are” by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Don’t live in the past. Don’t project into the future. Be where your feet are. Let your attention match your reality. Let's dive into mind and mindfulness…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#75: “Be careful what you set your heart upon, for you will surely have it” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Be careful what you set your heart upon, for you will surely have it.” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. A great quote… but also a bit of a warning. Because what you…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#74: “Before you go to heal someone, ask if they are willing to give up what made them sick”, Chinese proverb
Have you ever helped someone who isn’t ready to change? Here’s why that’s a challenge: When we seek help, we often want relief from our symptoms rather than…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#73: “Arrange whatever pieces comes your way" by Virginia Woolf
You don’t choose what comes your way in life - you choose the meaning. You don’t choose the pieces that come your way - you create the arrangement. This week…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#72: “The fragrance stays in the hand that gives the rose”, Chinese proverb
Giving isn’t as easy as we might think. This episode explores the power of giving. The key takeaway? If you listen, you might just help make the world a better…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#71: "The seats are empty. The theater is dark. Why do you keep acting?" by Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski was not a yogi. Not even close. But still, what a quote he delivered. The wisdom in his words resonates with both behavioral science and yogic…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#70: “Whatever can happen anytime, can happen today” by Seneca
Nothing in life is guaranteed. “Whatever can happen anytime, can happen today.” In this episode stoic and yogic wisdom go hand in hand. The future is…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#69: “You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather” by Pema Chodron
Don’t we all love to talk about the weather? So this week’s episode is a real treat. “You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather” by Pema Chödrön…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#68: “Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously” by Hunter S Thompson
Positive Thinking Galore! And quite a bit on non-attachment. In this episode we invite no less than the wisdom of Hunter S Thompson into our podcast studio…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#67: "Let go, or be dragged", zen proverb
So you have two alternatives. Chose wisely. We’re quite good at holding on to things, pretty good at clinging… But what about letting go? Sounds easy. But in…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#66: “The trouble is, you think you have time” by Buddha
"Later" is a trick of mind… In this episode both evolution and The Buddha play a central role. Also: Quite a lot of talking about the yogic concept of abhyasa…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#65: “We are all just walking each other home” by Ram Dass
We’re all just humans walking along on Planet Earth. All we really do is live. Or, so to say, walk the path of life, parallel with everyone else. And as long…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#64: “You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do” by David Foster Wallace
Most people aren’t watching you. They’re inside their own minds, busy with their own mind-stories, their own concern about their egos and their lives. You will…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#63: “The only zen you find on the tops of mountains is the zen you bring there” by Robert M Pirsig
We chase the view. We chase the summit. We chase the feeling that something out there will finally give us peace. We look for that magic place. We hope that…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#62: “If everything around seems dark, look again, you may be the light” by Rumi
This week's epsiode is about positive - yogic - thinking. Don't we all need some of that? Responsibility is not about controlling the dark, it’s about choosing…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#61: “For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance, it's enough” by Brené Brown
Are we enough if we only have enough? Brené Brown calls it “Scarcity Culture” - the idea of ‘never enough', that often dominates our lives. In this episode our…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#60: "Most of the time you dont need more information, you need more courage" by James Clear
Information overload? Analysis paralysis? Let’s be real: do we really need another podcast episode? Do we really need more information? Instead, don’t we just…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#59: ”If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be” by Maya Angelou
Dare to stand out. Dare to go your own way. Today it’s time for some major POSITIVE THINKING. This one is a truly inspirational quote. ”If you are always…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#58: “Pain will leave you, when it's done teaching you" by Bruce Lee
This one hits deep. It’s time for some Bruce Lee wisdom. “Pain will leave you, when it's done teaching you.” An episode about resilience, growth and what comes…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#57: “Healing happens in circles, not lines. You’ll return to old places with new eyes.”
If you ever feel like you keep ending up in the samesituation or facing the same problem again and again, even though you’ve worked hard to move on… then this…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#56: "How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved" by Sigmund Freud
Let’s talk about love. And about being brave. Let’s dive into the power of love and courage, about the courage that comes from feeling secure. When we know we…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#55: "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle" by Ian MacLaren
Be kind! This episode is about compassion and empathy, about the yogic concepts of karuna and pratipaksha, not to mention, lots and lots and lots about…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#54: "Do not spoil what you have, by desire what you have not" by Epicuros
Desire is not neutral. It’s spoiling what you already have. Or to say it more kindly, as another quote puts it: "Desire doesn’t just aim forward, it undermines…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#53: “How to stay unhappy: Keep expecting other people to fix your life for you” by Mark Manson
Stop outsourcing your happiness. Or as Mark Manson says it: “How to stay unhappy: Keep expecting other people to fix your life for you.” Different words. Same…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#52: “What I am, is good enough, if I only would be it openly” by Carl Rogers
Tired of fake it ‘til you make it? Then we’ve got something for you. This week’s episode is an episode you can’t afford to miss. Carl Rogers’ quote “What I am…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#51: "When someone is drowning, that is not the time to teach how to swim" by Adele Faber
In this episode, we explore why advice often fails when someone is overwhelmed and why presence, support, and safety must come before solutions.We talk…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#50: "To get what you love, you first have to get patient with what you hate" by Imam al-Ghazali
It’s Jubilee Time!To celebrate Episode #50, we explore one of life’s toughest paradoxes: that growth often come through what challenges us most. The quote “To…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#49: “People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul” by Carl Jung
This week we’re hanging out with Carl Jung. Well, his ideas at least 😉. From the shadow self to why we sabotage ourselves – and, oh, nearly forgot the key…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#48: “The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple” by Alan Watts
The meaning of life in 15 minutes? If that doesn’t make the podcast world go wild, we don’t know what will. In this episode of All the Quotes We Love to Quote…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#47: "The most difficult times are the ones we give ourselves" by Pema Chodron
A quote on the suffering we create for ourselves. In this episode, hosts Magnus Zaar and Nidhi Garg talk about why we often chose negative interpretations, and…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#46: “It’s never too late to become what you might have been” by George Eliot
You can change, you can reinvent yourself, you can even become what you might have been. And good thing - it’s never too late. An episode about…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#45: “A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears” by Montaigne
This quote is about the fact that the anticipation of pain can be more harmful than the pain itself. Fear of fear arises because we try to suppress or avoid…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#44: "When in doubt, do the most loving thing" by Mpho Andrea Tutu
You know them, the "when in doubt"-quotes... "When in doubt, drink tea." "When in doubt, take a nap." Or even: “When in doubt, dance it out.” Or, the quite…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#43: "Behind every criticism is a veiled wish" by Esther Perel
Criticism isn’t always what it seems. A lot of the time, people say one thing, but they mean something else. What sounds like a complaint might actually be a…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#42: "To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true" by Bayard Rustin
Fear is ruling our world in so many ways. Fear arises on perceived threats and the trigger for fear is the threat of harm, real or imagined. Fear feels…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#41: “The desire to be loved is the last illusion, give it up and you will be free” by Margret Atwood
Let’s go Margret Atwood. Today’s quote is a reminder that we risk to suffer when we think our worth comes from the way others feel about us. As always hosted…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#40: "There must be those - among who we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors"
In this episode the quote of Adrienne Rich gives us some hope that there are some among us, that welcome us all (including the warriors) to cry and be…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#39: "If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly" by Edward Albee
Think big. Be brave, be bold. Don’t limit yourself. In this episode hosts Nidhi Garg and Magnus Zaar discuss Edward Albee’s quote on being willing to not only…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#38: "Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness, it took me years to understand, that this, too, was a gift" by Mary Oliver
In today’s episode of “THE LIFE CLUB – All the quotes we love to quote” our hosts, Magnus Zaar and Nidhi Garg, talk about pain, loss, and suffering and how it…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#37: “With every piece of advice, consider the opposite to be equally true” by Rick Rubin
Truth is not singular. Truth is not permanent. Truth is human perception, culture, and language. Sometimes truth is s whatever works. Sometimes truth is a…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#36: "If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone" by Naval Ravikant
In this episode Magnus Zaar and Nidhi Garg talk about a quote from investor and risk capitalist Naval Ravikant, covering trust, avoidance and confusion... and…
- THE LIFE CLUB: All the Quotes We Love to Quote
#35: “Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge” by Audre Lorde
Emotions are a source of knowledge. Like wisdom from within. In this episode Nidhi Garg and Magnus Zaar take a closer look at emotions, feelings – and…