The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.
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Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a
function.
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a
function.
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd
rather be anywhere else.
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd
rather be anywhere else.
No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything
to his own advantage. Thou must live for read more
No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything
to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live
for thyself.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of
knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of
knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an
ideal always before him, causes it, read more
The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an
ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried
deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its
generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time
and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought
unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your
faculties and powers become directed to that end.
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
There's not a whole lot of new atoms out there.
There's not a whole lot of new atoms out there.
The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line read more
The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force.
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention,
sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; read more
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention,
sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it
represents the wise choice of many alternatives.
