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“We learn nothing by being right.”
Source : Elizabeth Bibesco (1951). “Haven: Short Stories, Poems, and Aphorisms”
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“I can't describe it, what I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. This means something. This is important.”
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“Humans are powerful spiritual beings meant to create good on earth. This good isn't usually accomplished in bold actions, but in singular acts of kindness between people. It's the little things that count, because they are more spontaneous and show who you truly are.”
Source : Dannion Brinkley, Paul Perry (2009). “Saved by the Light: The True Story of a Man Who Died Twice and the Profound Revelations He Received”, p.20, Harper Collins
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“After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return at any moment.”
Source : Judith Lewis Herman (1997). “Trauma and Recovery”, p.35, Basic Books
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“You are more likely to be overweight if your friend's, friend's friend is overweight than if your parents are overweight.”
Source : "How Social Networks Control Your Health" by Mark Hyman, MD, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 14, 2012.
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“If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions of the human mind.”
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“There's strong men of wisdom in many different fields. They say 5% of the people are wise and righteous and 10% are wise but use their wiseness for wickedness or to deceive others. It's like a magician: he knows the answer to the trick, but you don't. He has to keep you blind to the truth in order for the illusion to work. When you've got that kind of wisdom and somebody else doesn't, you can always take advantage of them.”
Source : Source: www.complex.com
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“Do it, fix it, try it.”