“For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency.
If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.
People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.
People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.
Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.
Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.
The art of love is largely the art of persistence.”
―
If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.
People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.
People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.
Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.
Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.
The art of love is largely the art of persistence.”
―
“An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others.”
― Think and Grow Rich
― Think and Grow Rich
“I urge pupils when studying a work and in order to master its most important aspic, the rhythmic structure, or the ordering of the time process, to do just what a conductor does with the score: to place music on the desk and to conduct the work from beginning to end as if it were played by someone else, an imaginary pianist with the conductor trying to impress him with his will, his tempo first of all, plus all the details of his performance.”
― The Art of Piano Playing
― The Art of Piano Playing
“Human relationships are not rocket science--the are far, far more complicated”
― The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us
― The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us
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