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A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. —John A. Shedd
“The loo-table, however, did not appear.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“Who says you need to wait until you 'feel like' doing something in order to start doing it? The problem, from this perspective, isn't that you don't feel motivated; it's that you imagine you need to feel motivated. If you can regard your thoughts and emotions about whatever you're procrastinating on as passing weather, you'll realise that your reluctance about working isn't something that needs to be eradicated or transformed into positivity. You can coexist with it. You can note the procrastinatory feelings and act anyway.”
― The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
― The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
“Let me call your maid. Is there nothing you could take to give you present relief? A glass of wine; shall I get you one? You are very ill.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“I would like to live in Manchester, England. The transition between Manchester and death would be unnoticeable.”
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“And here lies the essential between Stoicism and the modern-day 'cult of optimism.' For the Stoics, the ideal state of mind was tranquility, not the excitable cheer that positive thinkers usually seem to mean when they use the word, 'happiness.' And tranquility was to be achieved not by strenuously chasing after enjoyable experiences, but by cultivating a kind of calm indifference towards one's circumstances.”
― The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
― The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
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