"Living consciously is seeking to be aware of everything that bears on our interests, actions, values, purposes, and goals. It is the willingness to confront facts, pleasant or unpleasant. It is the desire to discover our mistakes and correct them . . . it is the quest to keep expanding our awareness and understanding, both of the world external to self and the world within."

-- Nathaniel Branden

#Mistake Quotes #Self Quotes #Goal Quotes

“One of the tools I like a lot is the Just Like Me practice. It's one of the empathy practices where we put ourselves in the other's shoes. Rather than get caught up in the difference in the ideologies, we actually come back to the fundamental idea: just like me, this person on the opposite political spectrum wants to be happy, wants to be safe, wants to thrive, wants to be healthy, wants to find peace of mind.”
“Africa is always only portrayed as a continent of suffering, but most figures are vastly exaggerated.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Even if we fail, we are still gaining life experience. The worst thing that could happen is that we come out smarter and more prepared for our next challenge.”
“A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.”

Source : John Marshall (2005). “The Political and Economic Doctrines of John Marshall”, p.337, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
“The old man, especially if he is in society in the privacy of his thoughts, though he may protest the opposite, never stops believing that, through some singular exception of the universal rule, he can in some unknown and inexplicable way still make an impression on women.”
“It is impossible for us to fail when we do our best when we are on the Lord's errand.”
“The world is terribly apt to take people at their own valuation.”
“Sometimes, the shortest path between two points is serpentine,”

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