"We can transform reality to the extent that we influence what happens in consciousness and thus free ourselves from the threats and blandishments of the outside world."

--

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#Reality Quotes #World Quotes #Influence Quotes

“We must be wise taskmasters and not require of ourselves what we cannot possibly perform. Recreation we must have. Otherwise, the strings of our soul, wound up to an unnatural tension, will break.”

Source : Elizabeth Prentiss (1876). “Stepping Heavenward, and Aunt Jane's hero”, p.56
“There's the space that you soar into, the space that you sometimes break through to, and hang in. A sort of gasp or gap.”
“My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.”
“'American Horror' is the debasement of the suburban family, the way a lonely kid would have imagined it in the Seventies.”
“Jerry Garcia was a great American master and the Grateful Dead are not just a genuine piece of musical history, but also an important part of American history.”
“I never date anyone my cat doesnâ€™t like,”
“Your job is not done when you have determined your goal. You must also plan for and determine how it is to be accomplished. Goals and plans are meaningless if they cannot be executed successfully!”
“A massive and brilliant accomplishment--the first English translation of the original Grimm brothers' fairy tales. The plain telling is that much more forceful for its simplicity and directness, particularly in scenes of naked self-concern and brutality. Hate, spite, love, magic, all self-evident, heartbreaking, delightful. I will return to this book over and over, no doubt about it.”

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