The horse and rider must work together. This means we consider our actions beforehand; we bring as much thinking as possible to a situation before we make a decision. But once we decide what to do, we loosen the reins and enter action with boldness and a spirit of adventure.
Therefore, your first step toward the rational is always inward. You want to catch that Emotional Self in action. For this purpose, you must reflect on how you operate under stress. What particular weaknesses come out in such moments—the desire to please, to bully or control, deep levels of mistrust? Look at your decisions, especially those that have been ineffective—can you see a pattern, an underlying insecurity that impels them?
We go through the motions, pretending to reflect on what we did. But with the passage of time, the pleasure principle rises and we forget what small part in the mistake we ascribed to ourselves.
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Önemli bir saptama, ruhsal bağlamdan çıkarılmış tek bir olguya dayanarak insanın doğru değerlendirilemeyeceği idi. Zamansal olarak birbirinden olabildiğince uzak en az iki olgu birbiriyle karşılaştırılmalı ve değim yerindeyse bir ortak payda bulunmalıdır.
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I see that you belong to the lower orders; a person of my position is never useful. We have certain accomplishments, and that is more than sufficient.
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You don’t have to be rich, you
don’t have to be famous, and you don’t have to have a fancy
résumé or a degree from an expensive school. Online,
everyone—the artist and the curator, the master and the
apprentice, the expert and the amateur—has the ability to
contribute something.
“The fellow-pupil can help more than
the master because he
In my mind I took bus rides, unlocked the front door of my
apartment, answered my telephone, switched on the
electric lights. Our thoughts often centered on such
details, and these memories could move one to tears.(61)
It is well known that an enforced community life, in
which attention is paid to everything one does at all
times, may result in
(He left himself no possible way of retreat. He had to) win or perish!
FAITH is a state of
mind which may be induced, or created, by affirmation or
repeated instructions to the subconscious mind, through the
principle of auto-suggestion. (page 63)
"When men first come into contact with crime,
they abhor it. If they remain in contact
.. understands, with ever-increasing accuracy, how the thought-forces and
mind elements operate in the shaping of character, circumstances, and destiny. (page 6)
Circumstance does not make the man;
it reveals him to himself. (page 7)
Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are. (page 8)
Clean thoughts make clean
He called the others over to look. They came, shared his astonishment, but not his curiosity.
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Looking up into the night sky is looking into infinity – distance is incomprehensible .. .
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an Antarean parakeet gland stuck on
a small stick is a revolting but much sought after cocktail delicacy and very large sums of money are often paid for them by very rich idiots who want to impress other very rich
idiots.
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For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.
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I suppose there is a certain crucial interval in everyone's life when character is fixed forever;..
The Jacobeans had a sure grasp of catastrophe. They understood not only evil, it seemed, but the extravagance of tricks with which evil presents itself as good.