It is truly impossible to realize your potential unless you eliminate Self-Destructive Beliefs from the equation
By forming personal beliefs about what you are and are not capable of, then you naturally constrain and limit your effectiveness How we feel about ourselves is all that's important, for all that we will ever accomplish is determined by our individual self-concept
individuals are not always aware of their absolute, true, or actual self-only of their own concepts and perceptions of themselves eliminate a very considerable portion of the gross stupidity and blindness which characterize our present thought and conduct in public affairs
Unless we wish to see a recurrence of this or some similar calamity, we must create a new and unprecedented attitude of mind to meet the new and unprecedented conditions which confront us
how are we to rid ourselves of our fond prejudices
vegetarian diets, and especially vegan diets, deliver far greater rewards than previously thought
life is phenomenal, it's a magnificent trip.
We are all dependent on one another, and a recognition of this should beget mutual forbearance and glad co-operation
Our conscious mind can hold only one fully developed thought at a time. But what this thought consists of remains at your discretion. It can either be a positive and self-motivating thought, or a negative and self-debasing thought. The choice is yours-it can either be one or the other.
Recent research has proven that approximately 87 percent of the things we say to ourselves are negative, self-destructive
We should proceed to the thorough reconstruction of our mind, with a view to understanding actual human conduct and organization
Consistent effort CREATES luck
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities. Thomas Moore (1779-1852) Irish Poet
we respond very differently to the same thoughts we see what we believe
you create your own attitude, and your attitude influences your behavior
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. Emerson (1803-1882) American Poet and Essayist
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
Will your attitude work for you or against you? The choice is yours.
Whatever you tell yourself, negative or positive, your sub-conscious believes
The thoughts you think about on a continuing basis become your reality
you cannot become the high-achieving individual you covet, without first changing your central operating system, your inner beliefs, your self-concept
I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.
Praise Other and Yourself
Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy
Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and of the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep.
Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind, it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate and quickly.
Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins.
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet
«If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?» Abdul-Baha
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree
we may not fully comprehend the fact of our own death. The confirmation of death can bring you to the present moment. It can take you out of all the small temptations that keep you away from the present
spontaneous and loyal support of our preconceptions--this process of finding "good" reasons to justify our routine beliefs
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger
The "real" reasons for our beliefs are concealed from ourselves as well as from others
"If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?"
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. Bacon (1561-1626) English Philosopher, Essayist, and Statesman
Character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
A cynical person is inclined to question the goodness and value of everything. The cynic is a genius at pointing out why a particular plan, idea, or choice is no good and won't work.
"Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do."
TheBaptist missionary is ready enough to see that the Buddhist is not such because his doctrines would bear careful inspection, but because he happened to be born in a Buddhist family in Tokio. But it would be treason to his faith to acknowledge that his own partiality for certain doctrines is due to the fact that his mother was a member of the First Baptist church of Oak Ridge Goodsense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for everyone thinks himself so abundantly provided with it that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess.--DESCARTES Величайшие диковины, если легко даются и всем доступны, теряют цену; самые удивительные явления, став обыденными, уже не пользуются почетом; даже солнцу, и то доводится скрываться на ночь, дабы утром восход его был желанен. Сколь различные чувства, наверно, объяли тебя, сколь непривычные мысли! О, великая мудрость Господа! - сказал Критило. - Он сумел и ночь сделать прекрасной, дабы ночь в красоте не уступала дню. Пошлое невежество наше наделяет ее всякими неподходящими эпитетами, именуя мрачной и страшной, тогда как нет ничего более прекрасного и безмятежного; оно называет ее печальной, когда она - отдохновение от трудов, убежище от горестей Есть ли на свете хоть одна страсть, которая бы не ослепляла? Разве гневливый, придя в бешенство, не слепнет от ярости? Разве доверчивый не действует вслепую, ленивый не спит наяву, тщеславный не слеп, как крот, к своим недостаткам, лицемер не живет с бревном в глазу? Гордец, игрок, обжора, пьяница и все прочие, разве не слепнут они от своих страстей?
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