widiyabuana

“Failure is the stepping-stone to Success. He fails who gives up a thing in final despair. Go on, I say. You will improve from the very first day, and in a short time you will be another man. All the leaders of humanity, past or present, have studied and investigated with tireless zeal along the special lines and, in Spiritual culture, you must do the same. But you must have health, a strong will and a steady brain, and I will enable you to have these positively. Keep these instructions strictly privately. Master them by constant meditation upon same.”
― A. P. Mukerji, The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga Including the Practices and Exercises of Concentration, both Objective and Subjective, and Active and Passive Mentation, ... Terrible, also the Mystery of Will-Force

“the real world, people are not completely rational, they don’t have common knowledge, they misinterpret one another, and they certainly don’t start with the same priors”
― Sean Carroll, The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself

“Realistic thinking helps us accept the bad and the good in life. It helps us come to terms with the fact that no end of positive thought can make us control every aspect of our life. This allows us to break free from deluded thinking that may lead to despair.”
― M.P. Neary, Free Your Mind

“Borders can either stop us in our tracks or force us to be more creative in order to progress, she says. 4”
― M.P. Neary, Free Your Mind