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First, it involves our reaction to stress. Do we crumble or persist? Do we give up or stay the course? Second, it involves our responses to our emotions. What do we do when we feel frustrated? How do we deal with our anger and
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“I understood for the first time that I didn't understand what I thought I understood”
― Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa
― Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa
“The purpose of life, as far as I can tell… is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.”
― Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
― Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
“No tree can grow to Heaven,” adds the ever-terrifying Carl Gustav Jung, psychoanalyst extraordinaire, “unless its roots reach down to Hell.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“Work, he reckoned, was the best medicine of all.
Work is what horses die of. Everybody should know that.”
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Work is what horses die of. Everybody should know that.”
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
“In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise. Tell the truth. Or, at least, don’t lie.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
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