"We should open ourselves to the impossible and embrace a psychology of possibility."

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Source : Ellen J. Langer (2009). “Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility”, p.15, Ballantine Books

Ellen Langer

#Psychology Quotes #Growth Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“I don't know about virtual world, I think it's more a kind of parallel world. I think the advantages and disadvantages of technology are hugely exaggerated. It doesn't make that much difference. Sure if you've got a mobile phone, you use that over your landline. But I think that life goes on and we absorb stuff.”
“Oh, I wish I lived in a caravan!â€™ said Jimmy longingly. â€˜How lovely it must be to live in a house that has wheels and can go away down the lanes and through the towns, and stand still in fields at night!”
“I have described religion as the metaphysics of the people.”
“Every new search is a voyage to the Indies, a quest for buried treasure, a journey to the end of the rainbow; and whether or not at the end there shall be turned up a pot of gold or merely a delightful volume, there are always wonders along the way.”
“The cost of performing well in bad times can be relative underperformance in good times.”
“I keep all of my letters, postcards, and thank you notes. I'll keep them forever!”

Source : "10 Questions: Jane Levy". Interview with Yale Breslin, www.elle.com. July 3, 2012.
“You can't just sit around and make protest albums all your life; eventually it comes to the point where you have to do something.”
“The vocal cord will be eliminated by a process of evolution, as was the tail of man when he came from the ape.”

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