"For many years of my life I thought one came down with a mood just as one comes down with a cold. Â But slowly I learned that moods are a product of purposeful unconsciousness and can be rectified by the very consciousness one worked so hard to evade."

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Source : Robert A. Johnson (1989). “He: Understanding Masculine Psychology”, Harpercollins

Robert A. Johnson

#Years Quotes #Cold Quotes #Consciousness Quotes

“In order to be successful, you have to make sure that being rejected doesnâ€™t bother you at all.”
“You can never be perfect. But you can always do a million good things, for yourself and for others. Start and end your day with good things and whatever challenges you face in between only make you stronger.”
“But he's looking for love in all the wrong places. Like fancy under catalogs At least he knows enough not to date while he's campaigning”
“The dog [in Pavlov's experiments] does not continue to salivate whenever it hears a bell unless sometimes at least an edible offering accompanies the bell. But there are innumerable instances in human life where a single association, never reinforced, results in the establishment of a life-long dynamic system. An experience associated only once with a bereavement, an accident, or a battle, may become the center of a permanent phobia or complex, not in the least dependent on a recurrence of the original shock.”

Source : John Lukacs (1970). “The Passing of the Modern Age”
“I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.”

Source : Miep Gies (2012). “Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.”
“One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.”
“All human activity is prompted by desire.”

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