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 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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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 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 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 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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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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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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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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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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July 10, 2008 07:16 PM EDT --
It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be
unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
- G.K. Chesterton, essayist and novelist (1874-1936)
When I first . . .
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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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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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February 03, 2007 04:32 PM EST --
"Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is."
- George Lucas, movie producer and animation innovator
Doesn't that make sense? Lucas, . . .
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February 15, 2007 07:09 PM EST --
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice."
- Clint Eastwood
What right does a Hollywood type have to an opinion on such . . .
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February 24, 2007 07:43 PM EST --
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.
- William James
This statement will mean little or nothing to most people who have not . . .
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December 09, 2007 02:52 PM EST --
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.
- Bruce Barton
I can do this.
Some may think it's impossible, . . .
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