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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A miser and a liar bargain quickly.
A miser and a liar bargain quickly.
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give read more
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.
Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay
attention to it. There is no substitute read more
Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay
attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration,
knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core
of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Only let the
moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the
surface of your being.".
I think and that is all that I am.
I think and that is all that I am.
A man who suffers before it is necessary,
suffers more than is
necessary.
A man who suffers before it is necessary,
suffers more than is
necessary.
Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is read more
Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.
One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.
My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
