Quotes tagged ‘How To Think’

“Chuang-tzu once told a story about two persons who both lost a sheep. One person got very depressed and lost himself in drinking, sex, and gambling to try to forget this misfortune. The other person decided that this would be an excellent chance for him to study the classics and quietly observe the…”

— Liezi, amazon.com

“Success is less about getting good, and more about letting good.”

— Alan Cohen, amazon.com

“When you hold onto a script that doesn't serve you, you leave no space to write a new one that does.”

— Jennifer Ho-Dougatz, goodreads.com

“Take a shower. Wash away every trace of yesterday. Of smells. Of weary skin. Get dressed. Make coffee, windows open, the sun shining through. Hold the cup with two hands and notice that you feel the feeling of warmth. You still feel warmth.
Now sit down and get to work. Keep your mind sharp, head on…”

— Charlotte Eriksson, amazon.com

“To ‘let go’ sometimes makes us feel like losers because it means giving up what truly we felt we had a right to. But true strength lies in resisting the urge to hold onto things and people that bring us down.”

— Chinonye J. Chidolue, goodreads.com

“You aren't letting go of a person, or a place, or even a thing – you're letting go of your thoughts about it, or what it would be. And learning how to let go of your thoughts is the most powerful thing there is. It's how you get over fear, loss, panic, pain, judgment, and all the rest. Everything ex…”

— Brianna Wiest, twitter.com

“It is not until you find yourself lost in the silence that you will learn to let go because everyone has let go of you.”

— Shannon Alder, amazon.com

“Not forever does the bulbul sing In balmy shades of bowers, Not forever lasts the spring Nor ever blossom the flowers. Not forever reigneth joy, Sets the sun on days of bliss, Friendships not forever last, They know not life, who know not this.”

— Khushwant Singh, amazon.com

“Everything started as nothing.”

— Auliq Ice, goodreads.com

“It is not the actions of others which trouble us (for those actions are controlled by their governing part), but rather it is our own judgments. Therefore remove those judgments and resolve to let go of your anger, and it will already be gone. How do you let go? By realizing that such actions are no…”

— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com

“Do you know what pain is, Cammie? It’s the body’s physical response to imminent harm. It is the mind’s way of telling us to move our hand off the stove or let go of the broken glass.”

— Ally Carter, amazon.com

“Sometimes I think there are only two instructions we need to follow to develop and deepen our spiritual life: slow down and let go.”

— Oriah Mountain Dreamer, amazon.com

“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You've got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it. It's like boats. You keep your motor on so you can steer with the current. And when you hear the sound of the waterfall…”

— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com

“What if you could pick one day of your life, and everything would stop changing, every day would be similar and comparable to that one day, you'd always have the same people with you? If you could do that, would you do it? Would you pick that day and make that choice? We crave for things to stop cha…”

— C. Joybell C., amazon.com

“Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”

— Tony Schwartz, amazon.com

“Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.”

— Gerald G. Jampolsky, amazon.com

“If letting go, if letting people and things work themselves out in the way that they needed to without your help was the most important thing, then it was also the hardest.”

— Deb Caletti, amazon.com

“Even on my weakest days I get a little bit stronger.”

— Sara Evans, goodreads.com

“No! Don’t think outside the box! Once you say that, you’ve established that there is a box.”

— Walt Disney, amazon.com

“Jason once told me that eye contact is the most intimacy two people can have - forget sex - because the optic nerve is technically an extension of the brain, and when two people look into each other's eyes, it's brain-to-brain.”

— Douglas Coupland, amazon.com