Tag: psychology
member name: Bill Allin
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September 17, 2006 04:58 PM EDT --
"Circumstances do not make the man, they merely reveal himself to himself."
- Epictetus, Greek/Roman philosopher (c.55 – c.135 C.E.)
This assumes the desire and willingness to find out . . .
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November 15, 2006 08:18 PM EST --
"Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, . . .
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November 14, 2006 05:36 PM EST --
"About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all."
- Rita Mae Brown, American . . .
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October 24, 2006 07:51 PM EDT --
Nothing is so impenetrable as laughter in a language you don't understand.
- William G. Golding, novelist (1911-1993)
Setting aside the mystery of the language of laughter and my natural aversion . . .
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July 18, 2006 09:51 PM EDT --
"It is never wise to seek or wish for another's misfortune. If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang."
- Charley Reese, American commentator
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October 08, 2006 06:41 PM EDT --
"Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery."
- Dr. Joyce Brothers, psychologist and author
Dr. Brothers is an oddball at the best of times. She became a household name . . .
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October 27, 2006 07:10 PM EDT --
It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one's own suffering.
- Robert Lynd, writer (1879-1949)
Aye, there's the rub.
How can I help others with their suffering if I . . .
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November 27, 2006 06:50 PM EST --
"If at first you don't succeed, you're running about average."
- M.H. Alderson
It sounds like a joke. It's not meant to be.
Overnight successes are rare. In the music business, . . .
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November 28, 2006 09:27 PM EST --
"The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously."
- Nicholas Butler, American educator (1862–1947)
Nothing about our lives that could . . .
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February 08, 2007 03:55 PM EST --
"The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you . . .
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July 24, 2006 07:18 PM EDT --
It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
- Publius Cornelius Tacitus, historian (c.55-c.120)
Human nature easily qualifies as the most peculiar characteristic of nature. Whether or not we . . .
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September 09, 2006 07:40 PM EDT --
"As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most . . .
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September 18, 2006 08:02 PM EDT --
"It has struck me that people who aren't getting enough sex are always very fascinated by it, even if the fascination takes the form of them being very very cross that other people are getting . . .
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September 20, 2006 06:09 PM EDT --
"What people in the world think of you is really none of your business."
- Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (1894–1991)
With respect, dear reader, note the final two words . . .
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September 29, 2006 06:56 PM EDT --
"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."
- Sam Ewing, US writer and quipster
I never call anyone . . .
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September 30, 2006 07:09 PM EDT --
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the . . .
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October 23, 2006 06:33 PM EDT --
"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly."
- Robert Schuller
That makes sense. Then why did Dr. Schuller feel it necessary to say it?
The western world is based on strong . . .
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November 18, 2006 04:41 PM EST --
"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example."
- Mark Twain
Some people can't cope with it. Either success of some sort of a clean version of good example drives . . .
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January 24, 2008 06:53 PM EST --
Some people find fault like there is a reward for it.
- Zig Ziglar
Let's first off make a major distinction between finding fault and offering ways and means for correction and improvement. Finding . . .
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February 28, 2008 05:59 PM EST --
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman . . .
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