When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
Those qualities that separate us are often ridiculed by others or criticized by teachers. Because of these judgments, we might see our strengths as disabilities and try to work around them in order to...
You cannot repress anger or love, or avoid feeling them, and you should not try.
Most people are perpetually locked in the present. Their decisions are overly influenced by the most immediate event; they easily become emotional and ascribe greater significance to a problem than it...
The Tiny Wound. It is small but painful and irritating. You try all sorts of medicaments, you com- plain, you scratch and pick at the scab. Doctors only make it worse, transforming the tiny wound...
To the extent that we believe we can skip steps, avoid the process, magically gain power through political connections or easy formulas, or depend on our natural talents, we move against this grain an...
With such a deep rooted interest you can withstand the setbacks and failures, the days of drudgery, and the hard work that are always a part of any creative action. You can ignore the doubters and cri...
When you have success, be extra wary. When you are angry, take no action. When you are fearful, know you are going to exaggerate the dangers you face.
Our successes and failures in life can be traced to how well or how badly we deal with the inevitable conflicts that confront us in society.
The people around you are generally mysterious. You are never quite sure about their intentions. They present an appearance that is often deceptive—their manipulative actions don’t match their lofty w...
Religion is the great balm of existence because it takes us outside ourselves, connects us to something larger
Renaissance diplomat and courtier Niccolò Machiavelli wrote, Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.
Your mind is the starting point of all war and all strategy. A mind that is easily overwhelmed by emotion, that is rooted in the past instead of the present, that cannot see the world with clarity and...
Sadness of any sort is also seductive, particularly if it seems deep-rooted, even spiritual, rather than needy or pathetic—it makes people come to you.
Never appear overly greedy for attention, then, for it signals insecurity, and insecurity drives power away. Understand that there are times when it is not in your interest to be the center of attenti...
Never be distracted by people’s glamorous portraits of themselves and their lives; search and dig for what really imprisons them.
Become who you are by learning who you are.
Do not fight them. Instead think of them the way you think of children, or pets, not important enough to affect your mental balance
Your new identity will protect you from the world precisely because it is not you; it is a costume you put on and take off. You need not take it personally. And your new identity sets you apart, gives...
Let us call this quality the Original Mind. This mind looked at the world more directly—not through words and received ideas. It was flexible and receptive to new information. Retaining a memory of th...
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