“Mind your mind before you mind the world, and in time the world will have all the right mind it needs.”
Source: Ingan Impossible: Handbook of Hatebusting
“I am a very violent person,
Yet nobody has seen my violence.
I've kept it overwhelmed all my life,
With a heart full of gentleness.”
Source: Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım
“When you are feeling emotional, it is helpful to remind yourself, as a self-regulating measure, "The past is not here. This is the present.”
Source: A Course in Creating Confidence: 365 Self-Love Practices Inspired by A Course in Miracles
“Some people don’t realize what they have until it’s gone, but that does not always mean they are supposed to get it back.”
“Attempts to stop smoking or give up any sort of self-destructive addictive behavior such as drugs, alcohol, hypersexuality, overeating, or overworking, often fail because it is very difficult to give up a means of self-regulation even when it is unhealthy until it can be replaced with a better form of self-regulation.”
Source: Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship
“Indeed, lack of self-control may be at the root of all emotional disorders, so named because the person is controlled by anxiety and depression rather than vice versa. Everyone experiences negative emotions; what determines whether they escalate to full-blown disorders may simply be whether the person has the ability to circumscribe them.”
Source: Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification
“Attention is crucial to the success of self-regulation, and indeed attentional processes often constitute the first step toward either success or failure at self-regulation. As mentioned, reduced self-monitoring is often a precipitating factor in self-regulation failure because it is quite easy to lose track of one’s status or quit regulating oneself when one cannot evaluate the distance between the current state and the goal state ... When people cease to attend to their own behavior, self-regulation typically deteriorates.”
Source: Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification
“Wouldn’t narcissism be valuable from a Darwinian perspective? From an evolutionary perspective, the narcissist actually has the best plumage and appears to be the best mate. A purely evolutionary view does not account for what we know about the value of authenticity, self-regulation, discipline, loyalty, and community.”
Source: Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist
“Disorganized state is a perfect recipe for impulsive behaviour.”
“Lesser the needs, better the life.”
Source: Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered