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My father always had a drink in his hand. It was part of him, like his broad shoulders or his temper or his antifreeze-blue eyes. It was the catalyst to every good time and every bad time he ever had.
“Each emotion can have a different cardiac signature. With anticipation the heart rate rises, falls and then levels off, slowing and waiting. Respiratory and heart signals matter. The heart sends a signal to the limbic system before the frontal cortex records them. Some people have a greater ability to tune in to their physical state, are better able to notice subtle changes in their body, feel emotions intensely and recognise them in others. They are more empathetic.”
― Morning: How to make time
― Morning: How to make time
“I am always a bit over-ambitious about what can be achieved, which has probably resulted in extra stress for those I have been working with.”
― Hortobiography
― Hortobiography
“He recently found a black and white picture of his mother and father, taken long before he was born, grinning arm in arm while deep below ground exploring an old tin mine. They made each other adventurous, Roger tells me, a quality he not only admires, but believes is paramount if one is to truly live in the world.”
― Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town
― Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town
“Your assumptions are your worst enemies. Trust them too much, and you’ll fail to see what’s right under your nose.”
― The Devotion of Suspect X
― The Devotion of Suspect X
“Invisible suffering is the hardest to distinguish because it stems from the blindness of our own minds, where it remains so long as we are in the grip of ignorance and selfishness. Our confusion, born of a lack of judgment and wisdom, blinds us to what we must do and avoid doing to ensure that our thoughts, our words, and our actions engender happiness and not suffering. This confusion and the tendencies associated with it drive us to reenact again and again the behavior that lies at the source of our pain. If we want to counteract this harmful misjudgment, we have to awaken from the dream of ignorance and learn to identify the very subtle ways in which happiness and suffering are generated.”
― Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
― Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
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