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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There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.
There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.
Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they read more
Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.
The presence of a long-term, conscious goal has helped me maintain stability through the ubiquitous changes of over half a read more
The presence of a long-term, conscious goal has helped me maintain stability through the ubiquitous changes of over half a century.
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
You can never get enough of what you don't want.
You can never get enough of what you don't want.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.
You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.
If we learned everything there is to know in kindergarten, it was
promptly drummed out of us in first grade.
If we learned everything there is to know in kindergarten, it was
promptly drummed out of us in first grade.
How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you
win.
How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you
win.
