Quotable Quotes 11

[Daniel E.]

"Courage is not the absence of despair, it is, rather the capacity to move forward in spite of despair." - Rollo May

 

[Daniel E.]

“I used to think that the topic of positive psychology was happiness, that the gold standard for measuring happiness was life satisfaction, and that the goal of positive psychology was to increase life satisfaction. I now think that the topic of positive psychology is well-being, that the gold standard for measuring well-being is flourishing, and that the goal of positive psychology is to increase flourishing. This theory, which I call well-being theory, is very different from authentic happiness theory, and the difference requires explanation.”

― Martin E.P. Seligman, Flourish

 

[David Baxter PhD]

"There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves." ~ Albert Guinon

("I would say this is most people." ~ David Baxter)

 

[David Baxter PhD]

"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves." ~ Abraham Lincoln

 

[Daniel E.]

Acknowledge your limitations or they will tyrannize over you.

- Mason Cooley

 

[Daniel E.]

"I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'."

- Henry Moore

 

[Daniel E.]

“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.”

~ Charles Spurgeon

 

[David Baxter PhD]

“Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.” ~ Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements.

 

[Daniel E.]

If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.

~ Joseph Campbell

 

[Daniel E.]

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be; now put foundations under them."

~ Henry Thoreau

 

[Daniel E.]

"The wound is the place where the light enters you."

― Rumi


“The power of nature exists in its silence. Human words cannot encode the meaning because human language has access only to the shadow of meaning.”

― Malidoma Patrice Som?

 

[Daniel E.]

 

[Daniel E.]

"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered." ~ Nelson Mandela

"Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people."
~ Carl Jung 1875-1961

"We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice, or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique."
~ John Dewey 1859-1952

 

[Daniel E.]

Trauma is an ineradicable aspect of life. We are human as a result of it, not in spite of it.

~ Mark Epstein, The Trauma of Being Alive

 

[Daniel E.]

“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. Carry it by the comfortable handles of gratitude for what's positive and that it is not worse, rather than the uncomfortable edges of bitterness for the negatives and that it is not better.” – Lena Horne

"I wonder how much of what weighs me down is not mine to carry.” – Aditi

 

[Daniel E.]

“Glory lies in the attempt to reach one’s goal and not in reaching it.”

“I will never let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”

~ Gandhi

 

[David Baxter PhD]

“You can’t control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. Let go a little and just let life happen.” ~ Kody Keplinger

 

[Daniel E.]

Play is the exultation of the possible.

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

~ Martin Buber

 

[Daniel E.]

Ask for peace first, and you will clearly see your next step.

~Alan Cohen

 

[David Baxter PhD]

"I’m not interested in whether the glass is half empty or half full. I’m interested in figuring out how to fill the glass." ~ Donald Kaberuka