"Feelings are only your history being occasioned by the present moment. If that's your enemy, then your history is your enemy. If sensations are your enemy, your body is your enemy. And if memory is your enemy, you'd better have a way of controlling your mind in such a way that you never are reminded of things that are painful from the past. If you avoid people, avoid having your buttons pushed, avoid going to places that might occasion anxiety; if you're hammering down drugs and alcohol; these are all methods of trying to mount that unhealthy agenda."

Source : Source: bigthink.com

Steven C. Hayes

#Memories Quotes #Past Quotes #People Quotes

“About 70 percent of the district was new. It was a short amount of time to get to know hundreds and thousands of people. But with the help and support of old friends, we built a grassroots operation organically from the ground up.”
“It has been the bankers' destiny ... to find themselves on the dangerous edge of the world, pointing up the contradictions and cross-purposes. They are not often loved for it.”

Source : Anthony Sampson (1983). “The money lenders”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“If those who oppose Freethought did not strive to force all to think as they do, accept Christ by faith, believe the bible to be infallible, keep Sunday as a holy day, and work for a future reward, then our fight would be at an end instantly. Liberty of Conscience is all we ask - not control of any class, creed, or sect.”
“Builders think of success and failure as feedback. They don't judge either as a complete win or loss.”

Source : Jerry I. Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson (2006). “Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters”, p.134, Pearson Education
“Nature, and the natural human condition, generates tremendous suffering. We have the means to overcome that, and we should deploy it.”
“If you pursue an evenhanded policy between a cat and a mouse, do you help the mouse to survive - or allow the cat to eat half the mouse?”
“Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.”

Source : James Stephens (1962). “A James Stephens Reader”
“I've never really considered myself a home run hitter. Mostly I'm a guy who hits into the gaps for a lot of doubles.”

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