But tasting is one thing and swallowing is another, especially when, having only tasted, one proceeds to identify the thing tasted with something else which it seems to resemble.
“someone else is because it is easier to see the faults of others than to see your own faults. So, using your imagination, do this meditation and visualization for a few minutes.”
― The Art of Happiness: The classic handbook for living well from the world's most-loved spiritual leader
― The Art of Happiness: The classic handbook for living well from the world's most-loved spiritual leader
“ten seconds.”
― Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More
― Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More
“So, in dealing with fear, you need to first use your faculty of reasoning and try to discover whether there is a valid basis for your fear or not.”
― The Art of Happiness: The classic handbook for living well from the world's most-loved spiritual leader
― The Art of Happiness: The classic handbook for living well from the world's most-loved spiritual leader
“If we weren’t something more than unique individuals, if we could really be totally dispatched from the world by a bullet, it would no longer make sense to tell stories.”
― Demian
― Demian
“Humility involves having the capacity to take a more confrontation stance, having the capacity to retaliate if you wish, yet deliberately deciding not to do so. That is what I would call genuine humility.”
― The Art of Happiness: The classic handbook for living well from the world's most-loved spiritual leader
― The Art of Happiness: The classic handbook for living well from the world's most-loved spiritual leader
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