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“The storm before the calm.”

Book:Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet

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“A chorus of voices exhorts kids to study science. No one stops to ask whether it is inhumane to force adolescents to spend the bulk of their time studying subjects most of them hate. When skilled workers are put out of a job by technical advances and have to undergo “retraining,” no one asks whether it is humiliating for them to be pushed around in this way. It is simply taken for granted that everyone must bow to technical necessity, and for good reason: If human needs were put before technical necessity there would be economic problems, unemployment, shortages or worse. The concept of “mental health” in our society is defined largely by the extent to which an individual behaves in accord with the needs of the system and does so without showing signs of stress.”

Stress Mental Illness Industrial Society

Book:Industrial Society and Its Future

Source: Industrial Society and Its Future

“You are the biggest enemy of your own sleep.”

“It was after I first began to uplift my thoughts a bit that my cravings for junk food started to dissipate. I did not connect the two at that time. First, I simply noticed that I didn’t need to sleep so much. It took a while before I realized that in addition to my improved energy level, there was a direct correlation between chewing on mental garbage and putting garbage in my mouth.”

Purpose Stress Uplifting Mind Body Spirit Weight Loss

Author:Holly Mosier

“Smartass Disciple: Master, I’m going to change the whole world. Master of Stupidity: It changes within you. It changes without you.”

Life Humor Truth Change Perspective Ego Point Of View

Author:Toba Beta

“In situations of low stress and safety, mind-wandering will be a gift, a pleasure, a creative force. In situations of high stress or danger, mind-wandering will be a torment.”

Stress Mind Wandering

Book:Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

Source: Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

“You think that the mental anguish you are experiencing is a permanent condition, but for the vast majority of people it is only a temporary state. (But what if I’m special? What if I’m in the minority?)”

Stress Mental Health Mental Illness Anguish

Book:Dept. of Speculation

Source: Dept. of Speculation

“Persons in whom a crisis takes place pass the night preceding the paroxysm uncomfortably, but the succeeding night generally more comfortably.”

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Book:Aphorisms

Source: Aphorisms

“As others grown more intelligent under stress, I grow heavy, as if I were an animal on a chain.”

Stress Intelligence Heaviness

Book:An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir

Source: An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir

“An exhausted mind was both willful and nocturnal, like a cat.”

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Book:The Strange Land

Source: The Strange Land

“Clarity isn’t something you hustle for. It’s something you regulate into.”

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Book:Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women

Source: Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women

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