June 2009
4 posts
“Nothing’s ever for sure. That’s the only sure thing I do know.”
– A Beautiful Mind (via littlemiss)
“It’s the most unhappy people who most fear change.”
– Mignon McLaughlin (via)
Revenge and the people who seek it (APA Online) →
psychotherapy:
Historically, there are two schools of thought on revenge. The Bible, in Exodus 21:23, instructs us to “give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot” to punish an offender. But more than 2,000 years later, Martin Luther King Jr., responded, “The old law of ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everybody blind.”
Who’s right? As psychologists explore the...
“If information is such valuable property, what is the Darwinian selective...”
– Why Accountants are Dull and Guitarists are Glamorous - The End of Intellectual Property
May 2009
12 posts
“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
“Happiness is in the doing, not in the getting what you want.”
– Before Sunset (via filmquotes)
“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”
– Wayne Gretzky
“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.”
– Donald Knuth
“If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter—for always...”
– Letter to Sylvia Plath from her mother Aurelia (via khrushchev)
“It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the...”
– Arnold Toynbee
“Deeply held beliefs of any kind prevent you from being open to experience, which...”
– Except from #8 - DOUBT IS BETTER THAN CERTAINTY of Ten Things I Have Learned by Milton Glaser
“We all have our fights to fight.”
– Paul, In Treatment
There are plenty of theories on sexuality,
justsomenobody:
but in the end, it all comes down to an expression of love.
April 2009
15 posts
“Happiness is only real when shared.”
– Into the Wild (via filmquotes)
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
– Anais Nin, accidentally encapsulating the driving theory behind cognitive behavioral therapy: the idea that our own thoughts make our lives what they are, that we see things through our own filters and that, if we can adjust those filters somewhat, we can adjust - quite literally - how we...
“If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize...”
– Bertrand Russell (via)
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Travel
Take every opportunity you can to travel. There are so many different people and cultures out there and so much to learn. The most interesting people I’ve ever met have been while either traveling or people who are extremely well traveled. Putting yourself into new and exciting situations is what life’s about and helps your grow and learn what type of person you really are and what you...
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We are the result of our environment.
People are the result of years and years of experiences and observations layered on top of each other. From the very beginning we are being shaped by what happens around us. Because of this, most of us spend our entire life trying to fix the damage inflicted, without our knowledge, by our environment in the first few years of our life.
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Be decisive, but flexible.
Always have a preference. Even if you don’t especially care what the outcome is, just made a decision. If it’s not a life or death situation, don’t worry about making a wrong decision; most of the time it won’t matter. Take company’s desires into account and do what’s best for all parties. Don’t fold to the loudest and most demanding person. Don’t...
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At least 85%+ of problems are the result of poor communication.
“The purpose of relationship (and perhaps all of life) is to practice the loving....”
– Why Being Smart Won’t Get You Laid
“It is enough to be clean. Vanity destroys a man’s natural confidence.”
– Jeff Shea, 53, explorer, Singapore - The American Man: What I’ve Learned
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Girls are crazy, but boys are stupid. Love each gender in spite of this. It is not their fault; it’s biological.
“If you want to be happy, then remember this: She’s always right… Do...”
– My Boys, The Boyfriend Hat
You can not win a rational argument with an irrational person. Women, theists, old people, and other crazies? Just accept that your logic won’t hold up.
“You know, there’s a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But...”
– Silent Bob, Clerks
Behind the back
Don’t say anything about someone that you wouldn’t say to their face. Things get around and they will most likely find out about what you said and you’ll need to justify it.This especially goes for blogs, emails, twitters, facebook statuses, and any other evidence of your remarks. The internet doesn’t care if you regret saying something. It’ll still have a record of...