I Quotes
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“Instead of Experiencing Life,
We Procreate New Life”
“Instead of experiencing through the physical senses, I was now bobbing behind the body like a buoy at sea, cut loose from sensory solidity, separated from and witnessing the body from a vast distance.”
“Instead of exposures to toxic materials and mechanical dangers, we are discovering the toxicity of social circumstances and patterns of social organization.”
“Instead of facing a crisis as I approached middle age, I discovered that a new and better life lay before me. I called the process of discovery 'halftime,' and the outcome led to my second half.”
“Instead of facing consequences for something you done without knowing it, try to overcome or just get rid of it.”
“Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. And it forced me at a young age to want to push myself so much further out of my comfort zone.”
“Instead of faking it in the hope of buying time to make it, find the time now to differentiate the imagined from the real.”
Source: Make It, Don't Fake It: Leading with Authenticity for Real Business Success
“Instead of falling, I am dancing with the wind.”
Source: Dancing With the Wind: A True Story of Zen in the Art of Windsurfing
“Instead of falling to the ground like a heavy doll, as Kermin had seen the prisoners do at the Chetnik executions, his mother shrank into herself, a reverse blossoming, coming to rest in a sitting position, like a ruminative Buddha”
“Instead of fearing a thing, try to understand it. Because understanding can change everything about the way that you feel.”
Source: Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life
“Instead of fearing God, we can respect Him. Replacing fear with respect. It's the only way to come to love Him too.”
“Instead of fearing the future, I should live and enjoy the present, she told herself.”
Source: Misguided Angel: Number 5 in series
“Instead of fearing what might happen if I failed, I should be excited about what could happen if I succeeded!”
“Instead of feeling a poverty when we encounter a great man, let us treat the new comer like a travelling geologist, who passes through our estate, and shows us good slate, or limestone, or anthracite, in our brush pasture.”
Source: Essays (Annotated Edition)
“Instead of feeling any need to persuade, people who are certain they are correct can impose their beliefs by force. In theocracies and autocracies, authorities censor, imprison, exile or burn those with the wrong opinions. In democracies the force is less brutish, but people still find means to impose a belief rather than argue for it.”
Source: Rationality
“Instead of feeling like there's two or three of us in this town of hostile crackers, I'm in a big church filled with people who believe the same thing I believe and the power of song is raising what we're trying to do, raising it up to the rafters.”
“Instead of feeling sorry for the exceptionally able student who has no one to talk to, we need to worry about what happens when the exceptionally able students hang out only with one another.”
Source: Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010
“Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.”
“Instead of fighting it, I close my eyes and let myself go. I feel the muscles of his shoulder beneath my hand. The frame his arms create is strong, secure, but I want those arms tighter around me. Much tighter around me. Much tighter, much closer.
I want there to be no space at all between us.
I. Want. Him. So. Badly.
I want to kiss him, laugh with him, cry with him, share every freaking moment of my life with him because no matter how many awful things he's done in the past, I can't shake the undeniable feeling that when his arms are around me, I'm home.”
Source: The Faerie Prince
“Instead of fighting the darkness, you bring in the light.”
Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“Instead of fighting the ego, I align with the evolutionary impulse and I ask myself: What does the evolutionary impulse wants to say or do through me?”
“Instead of fighting your problems, picture your way out of them.”
“Instead of finding alternative energy sources, we try to subjugate entire regions of the world. People do not understand that by doing this, the United States are going to absolute ruin.”
“Instead of finding happiness around us, we should develop the habit of leaning within to find true happiness surrounded by positive emotions, thoughts, and ideas.”
“Instead of finding her outside, I heard her voice within. The little monkey had crept by the skylight of one garret, along the roof, into the skylight of the other, and it was with the utmost difficulty I could coax her out again.
When she did come, Heathcliff came with her;”
Source: Wuthering Heights
“Instead of finding himself in nerd heaven—where every nerd gets fifty-eight virgins to role-play with—he woke up in Robert Wood Johnson with two broken legs and a separated shoulder, feeling like, well, he'd jumped off the New Brunswick train bridge.”
“Instead of finding identity in our roles—in being fathers and mothers, teachers and writers and pastors—we must find identity in being image bearers of God.”
Source: Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul
“Instead of finding the needle in the haystack, we're making the haystack bigger.”
“Instead of fixating on discovering the perfect partner, concentrate on becoming the ideal partner yourself. By dedicating yourself to personal growth and improvement, you naturally align with the person who enters your life as a compatible match.”
“Instead of fixating on the physical aspects of aging, it's good to contemplate the deeper source of our anxiety. That can be liberating.”
“Instead of fixing all your problems, God may be wanting to use your problems to teach you to trust and obey Him.”
“Instead of fleeing God scrutiny, David welcomed it. It's like he was saying, "Look God, since I can't hide from you, since you know my very thoughts before I think them, I want you to fully know me. Be in the very core, the essence of my being. If you're going to know me, then know everything about me!”
Source: 10 Things Jesus Never Said: And Why You Should Stop Believing Them
“Instead of flowers gifted her rare books.”
“Instead of focusing on arguing with people who say no, it might be easier to get near the people who like to say yes.”
“Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes.”
“Instead of focusing on how big your problems are, focus on how big your God is! He is everything you need. He is the Great I AM, and He is the one leading and guiding you into victory in every area of your life!”
“Instead of focusing on how much you can accomplish, focus on how much you can absolutely love what you’re doing.”
“Instead of focusing on men and focusing on what we can do to prop them up, people seem really incredibly focused on the fact that women are doing well and maybe that's not such a good thing.”
“Instead of focusing on my looks I focus on the character that I am playing.”
“Instead of focusing on some thoughts and feelings and pushing away others, just look at them as feathers flying in the wind. The wind is your awareness, your inborn openness and clarity.”
“Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.”
“Instead of focusing on that unappeasable person, refocus on Jesus, who accepts you unconditionally.”
“Instead of focusing on the amount of money lacking in your budget, focus on what you DO have: a willing spirit, an imagination filled with bright ideas, people who care about you and can perhaps help you in some way. These are the things that will enable you to do almost anything.”
“Instead of focusing on the great men of God, I prefer to focus on the Great God of men.”
“Instead of focusing on the key responsibilities of the job, focus on how you can make a difference in the role if given the opportunity.”
“Instead of focusing on the winners, do the opposite – try to learn from the losers.”
Source: 把时间当作朋友
“Instead of focusing on the work, you focus on the entropy and the chaos and you get a byproduct.”
“Instead of focusing on the world's problems, give your attention and energy to trust, love, abundance, education and peace. :-)”
Source: The Secret
“Instead of focusing on what the law says about trans people, which is really what the law is saying about itself as a protector of trans people, we should be focused on what systems of law and administration do to trans people and our interventions should aim to dismantle harmful, violent systems such as criminal punishment and immigration enforcement.”
“Instead of focusing only on wealth or success, Holistic Resilience helps you strengthen all parts of your well-being so you're prepared for anything.”
Source: Holistic Wealth (Expanded and Updated): 36 Life Lessons to Help You Recover from Disruption, Find Your Life Purpose, and Achieve Financial Freedom