P Quotes
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“Ponder this for a moment. Newborn ducklings, with the briefest of exposure to sensory stimuli, detect patterns in what they see, form abstract notions of similarity/dissimilarity, and then will recognize those abstractions in stimuli they see later and act upon them.”
“Ponder upon the many misgivings of man and you shall be eternally in the state of pondering. -”
“Ponder, your comedies are woeful chaff:
Write tragedies, when you would make us laugh.”
“Pondering a passage of scripture can be a key to unlock revelation and the guidance and inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Scriptures can calm an agitated soul, giving peace, hope, and a restoration of confidence in one’s ability to overcome the challenges of life. They have potent power to heal emotional challenges when there is faith in the Savior. They can accelerate physical healing.”
“Pondering also how tired I was. Of the discrete—as in distinct, as in finite—pleasure I might take in making one last decision and then no more.”
Source: Topics of Conversation
“Pondering is a little like considering and a little like thinking, but looser. To ponder, one must let the facts roll around the rim of the mind's roulette wheel, coming to settle in whichever slot they feed pulled to.”
“Pondering is, in my feeling, a form of prayer.”
“Pondering must turn out to be your cash asset, regardless of whichever ups and downs you occur throughout in the everyday living.”
“Pondering the legitimate modern day problem of intellectual bullies. Self-proclaimed smarties attacking the innocent.
They revel in being politically correct, all-loving and open-minded while not applying these principles to themselves.
The ultimate double standard in the name of truth and acceptance. It's sad.
This is not a post about anyone in particular. This is an observation over years.
Have you seen it? Call it out when you do.
The offender won't know what to do because they know that you know their game.”
“Pondering was the highest vocation... Pondering was a special kind of thinking. It was not done in the mind, that chilly place, but in the heart, where the real mystery of intelligence - intuition - rather than thought lay catlike and feminine, ready to pounce.”
Source: Virgin Time
“Ponekad pitanje: "Da li boli?", nije pitanje, već molba. Čak je, možda, zahtjev. Zahtjev, koji treba razumjeti ovako: "Reci da te ne boli, kako bih mogao/la i dalje po svom, nesputavan/a glasom savjesti."
Eto, ne boli. Ok? Ne boli. Vjeruj mi.
Možda povjerujem i ja.”
Source: Vasijjet... i to će proći
“Ponekad se desi da sve napraviš kako treba, a stvari opet pođu po zlu. Caka je u tome da nikad ne prestaneš raditi dobre stvari".”
“Ponekad se pitam da li i danas moj način čitanja podseća više na g. de Germanta nego na čitanja savremenih kritičara. Knjiga je za mene i dalje živa celina, s kojom se upoznajem od prvog reda, koju pokorno slušam, kojoj dajem za pravo dok sam u njenom društvu, ne birajući i ne raspravljajući se, Kad čujem kako g. Fage kaže u svojim „Kritičkim esejima” da je prvi deo „Kapetana Frakasa” divan, a da je drugi dosadan, da je u „Čiča Goriju” sve što se odnosi na Gorija prvorazredno, a sve što se odnosi na Rastinjaka slabo, čudim se kao kad bi neko rekao o okolini Komberea da je ružna kada se pogleda s Mezagliza, a da je lepa kad se vidi sa Germantovih. Kad g., Fage nastavlja govoreći da ljubitelji ne čitaju „Kapetana Frakasa” posle prvog toma, ja te ljubitelje mogu samo da žalim, jer sam toliko voleo drugi tom, ali kad doda da je prvi tom pisan za ljubitelje, a drugi za đake, moje žaljenje ljubitelja se pretvara u samoprezir, jer otkrivam koliko sam ostao đak. Konačno, kad uverava da je Gotje sa najvećom mogućom dosadom napisao drugi tom, toliko sam iznenađen da je pisanje štiva koje će kasnije toliko zabavljati moglo da bude dosadno.”
Source: Contre Sainte-Beuve
“Ponekad se pitam, reče, kako bi bilo da Božja stvorenja nemaju sna. Kad bismo čitav život provodili budni, da li bi nas to učinilo boljim ljudima ili gorim?”
Source: Foe
“Ponekad ti donosiš odluke u životu, a ponekad se odluke donesu same.”
Source: If I Stay
“Ponekad vjerujem da je strah samo posljedica nagomilanog lošeg iskustva. Iskustvo, u tim trenucima, smatram smetnjom.”
Source: Ljepši kraj
“Poner en pausa la felicidad, porque los días soleados, las flores desplegando los pétalos y las calles repletas de personas no ayudaban a que esos días, los de luto y dolor, recibiesen el nombre oficial de tristes.”
Source: Ojalá siempre
“Ponerse en los “zapatos del otro”
Ponerse en los “zapatos del otro”, es un buen sistema para poder leer la mente.
A menudo nos cruzamos con personas que no entendemos, y que no podemos llegar a comprender la coherencia de sus palabras, actos y reacciones. ¿No les pasó?… Seguramente pensaron en estos casos: ¡qué ganas de poder leerle la mente para entender por qué actúa de esta forma!!!…
Creo que la principal razón por la cual no llegamos a comprender del todo en estos casos, es que tratamos de hacerlo utilizando nuestros propios esquemas mentales; en otras palabras, tratamos de entender a esta persona de acuerdo a nuestra forma de pensar, sentir, actuar y -en definitiva- vivir…
Y ese es un error, si es que queremos entender realmente qué le está pasando por su cabeza. Si bien hay esquemas mentales similares y que se repinten, cada ser humano es diferente a otro. Sus vivencias, experiencias, familia, educación, valores, todo, absolutamente todo, influye en cómo actúa alguien, en incluso -a veces- hasta casi lo determina.
Probemos entonces ponernos realmente en sus zapatos. Analicen, averigüen, piensen y observen… Traten de colocarse en su pellejo. Esto no significa qué harían ustedes en su lugar (si bien este es también un parámetro valido, a veces confunde en estos casos), sino, tratar de entender cómo funciona su mente, quién es y de dónde viene, cómo es su personalidad, cómo actúo anteriormente en casos similares, qué necesidades tiene, cuáles son sus objetivos, inquietudes e intereses, tiene condicionantes externos que lo están afectando, etc., etc., etc…
Sé que suena algo de Perogrullo y sabido, pero les aseguro que un una herramienta ¡I M P R E S I O N A N T E M E N T E PODEROSA! Al fin y al cabo, los mayores secretos para lograr algo con éxito generalmente son sonsos y de conocimiento público, lo difícil es tener la conciencia real de lo importante que son y saber aplicarlos adecuadamente.
La importancia de “ponerse en los zapatos del otro” se estudia en el Mundo, hay ejercicios bien concretos que demuestran su potencialidad. De hecho, yo tuve real dimensión de todo esto, con ejercicios que hice en Harvard cuando estudié Negociación.
Uno, cuando logra comprender verdaderamente a alguien, se le abre un mundo nuevo de posibilidades respecto de esta persona. Es una herramienta con una potencialidad impresionante, así que úsenla con cuidado y prudencia…
¡Pruebelo y me cuentan! Espero respuestas…
Gonzalo GUMA”
Source: Índigo Mentes en Juego
“Ponerse un huipil era toda una iniciación, al hacerlo uno repetía diariamente el viaje interior hacie el exterior. Al meter la cabeza por el orificio del huipil, uno transitaba entre el mundo de sueños que está reflejado en el bordado hacia la vida que aparece en cuanto uno saca la cabeza.Ese despertar a la realidad es un acto ritual matutino que recuerda día a día el significado del nacimiento.Los huipiles la mantienen a una con la cabeza en el centro, cubierta por delante, por detrás y por los costados. Esta cruz que forma la tela bordada del huipil significa estar plantada en el centro del universo. Alumbrada por el sol y arropada por los cuatro vientos, los cuatro rumbos, los cuatro elemntos.”
Source: Malinche
“Pong had mutated into large stand-up Sega consoles by '82 and here was some extra revenue the guys were well up for. So the space on the left of the entrance was to be the games room. Until two weeks to opening.
"Where's the cloakroom?"
"The what?"
"The cloakroom, the fucking cloakroom."
"What's your problem?"
"We don't have a cloakroom. We have special polished South African granite bar tops that we haven't told Erasmus about 'cause he has a thing about apartheid, we have a balcony balustrade made of shaped QE-fucking-2 mahogany, but we seem to have built an entire club without a cloakroom."
"Fuck."
Hence you did not pass the games room but the cloakroom, the only cloakroom in the Manchester with forty-two power points. if you ever wanted to do a bit of ironing, these people were there for you.”
Source: 24 Hour Party People: What the Sleeve Notes Never Tell You
“Pongamos fin a este primer capítulo resumiendo todo lo dicho y dejando bien sentada esta afirmación: que el que reza se salva y el que no reza se condena. Si dejamos a un lado a los niños, todos los demás bienaventurados se salvaron porque rezaron, y los condenados se condenaron por qué no rezaron. Y ninguna otra cosa les producirá en el infierno más espantosa desesperación que pensar que les hubiera sido cosa muy fácil salvarse.”
Source: El Gran medio de la oración
“Pongámonos de acuerdo en qué es la igualdad, pues si la libertad es la cima, la igualdad es la base. La igualdad, ciudadanos, no es que toda la vegetación esté enrasada, una sociedad de hierbas largas y de robles bajos; un vecindario de envidias que se castren entre sí; es, en el ámbito civil, que todas las aptitudes tengan las mismas oportunidades; en el ámbito político, es que todos los votos valgan lo mismo; en el ámbito religioso, es que todas las conciencias tengan los mismos derechos. La Igualdad tiene un órgano: la instrucción gratuita y obligatoria. El derecho al alfabeto, por ahí es por donde hay que empezar. La escuela primaria obligatoria para todos; la escuela secundaria brindada a todos, ésa es la ley. De la escuela idéntica sale la sociedad igual. ¡La enseñanza, sí! ¡Luz! ¡Luz! Todo viene de la luz y todo va a la luz. Ciudadanos, el siglo XIX es grande, pero el siglo XX será feliz. Y ya no pasará nada que tenga que ver con la historia vieja; no tendremos ya que temer, como ahora, una conquista, una invasión, una usurpación, una rivalidad a mano armada de naciones, una interrupción de la civilización que dependa de un matrimonio de reyes, de un nacimiento en el seno de las tiranías hereditarias, de un reparto de pueblos obra de un congreso, de un desmembramiento porque se hunda una dinastía, de un combate entre dos religiones que choquen de frente como dos carneros del reino de la oscuridad, en el puente de lo infinito; no tendremos ya que temer la hambruna, ni la explotación, ni la prostitución fruto de la desesperación ni el desvalimiento, ni la miseria fruto del paro, ni el patíbulo, ni la espada, ni las batallas, ni todos los robos de salteador del azar en el bosque de los acontecimientos. Casi podríamos decir que ya no habrá acontecimientos. Los hombres serán felices. El género humano cumplirá su ley como cumple la suya el globo terrestre; se restablecerá la armonía entre el alma y el astro; el alma gravitará en torno a la verdad igual que el astro en torno a la luz.”
Source: Les Misérables
“Ponoć gdy zbliża się czyjś koniec, to jest zmysłem pozostającym z nim najdłużej. Kiedy więc ktoś umiera, powinno się szepnąć tej osobie do ucha: '' Kocham Cię '', tak by była to ostatnia rzecz, jaką usłyszy.”
Source: Księgarnia wspomnień
“Ponoć nie było w tym strachu, nie było lamentu, nie było rozpaczy. Był tylko smutek.”
Source: Gottland
“Ponte de pie. Sé valiente. Sé fuerte. Toma toda la responsabilidad sobre tus hombros y entiende que tú eres el creador de tu propio destino.”
“Ponte serio, estamos hablando de hadas.”
“Pontellier," said the Doctor, after a moment's reflection, "let your wife alone for a while. Don't bother her, and don't let her bother you. Woman, my dear friend, is a very peculiar and delicate organism—a sensitive and highly organized woman, such as I know Mrs. Pontellier to be, is especially peculiar. It would require an inspired psychologist to deal successfully with them. And when ordinary fellows like you and me attempt to cope with their idiosyncrasies the result is bungling. Most women are moody and whimsical. This is some passing whim of your wife, due to some cause or causes which you and I needn't try to fathom. But it will pass happily over, especially if you let her alone. Send her around to see me.”
Source: The Awakening
“Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship”
“Pontus, instituted among all people, as an addition or corollary of devotion towards God, that festival days and assemblies should be celebrated to them who had contended for the faith (that is, to lie martyrs ).”
“Pony eyed the pitcher of hot fudge sauce Nellie had placed on the table. “And if you pass that pitcher, I will reveal a nugget of information that will please you and instantly return me to your good goddess graces.”
Nellie pushed the pitcher forward. “Spill. Not the fudge sauce. The info.”
Source: Nowhere to Run
“Pony Lords, jump for your lives—AAH!”
Source: Best of Catbug: My Name is Catbug, What's Yours?
“Poněvadž nás věci vnitřního světa subjektivně ovlivňují tím mocněji, čím jsou nevědomější, je pro toho, kdo chce dosáhnout dalšího pokroku ve vlastní kultuře (a nezačíná veškerá kultura u jedince?) nezbytné, aby působení animy objektivizoval a pokusil se zjistit, jaké obsahy jsou podstatou onoho působení. Tím se přizpůsobí neviditelnému a získá proti němu ochranu. K tomuto přizpůsobení však přirozeně nemůže dojít bez ústupků podmínkám obou světů.”
Source: Osobnost a přenos
“Poo-tee-weet?”
Source: SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
“Pooh began to feel a little more comfortable, because when you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed Very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets into the open and has other people looking at it.”
Source: The House at Pooh Corner
“Pooh hasn't much Brain, but he never comes to any harm. He does silly things and they turn out right. There's Owl. Owl hasn't exactly got Brain, but he Knows Things. He would know the Right Thing to Do when Surrounded by Water. There's Rabbit. He hasn't Learnt in Books, but he can always Think of a Clever Plan. There's Kanga. She isn't Clever, Kanga isn't, but she would be so anxious about Roo that she would do a Good Thing to Do without thinking about it. And then there's Eeyore. And Eeyore is so miserable anyhow that he wouldn't mind about this.”
Source: Winnie-the-Pooh
“Pooh hater,' I muttered under my breath. 'Winnie-the-Pooh was not a koala--why am I even arguing about this with you?”
Source: Blackout: A Cal Leandros Novel
“Pooh is able to accomplish what he does because he is simpleminded.”
“Pooh looked at his two paws. He knew that one of them was the right, and he knew that when you had decided which one of them was the right, then the other one was the left, but he never
could remember how to begin.”
Source: The House at Pooh Corner
“Pooh! Grown-ups are always thinking of uninteresting explanations.”
Source: The Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection with Bonus Book: Boxen
“Pooh," said Rabbit kindly, "you haven't any brain." "I know," said Pooh humbly.”
Source: Winnie-the-Pooh
“Pool of memories
Like a dry flower petal that flies in the air,
Feeling it belongs to the sky,
I find her memories floating in my mind everywhere,
Whether I am thinking of her or in a vacant state of my mind I lie,
The memory, her memory, drifts from one neuron to another,
Until it settles where all her memories lie piled up,
And then these fragments and bits of memories condole each other,
And they all say together, “Hey you amorous soul, never give up!”
And all these memories rise and spread across my mind,
Hitched to every thought that arises from my cerebral thinking,
Though they think of now and sometimes of the future, eventually with her imaginations they all bind,
And in this pool of memories, now, time appears to be sinking,
So it doesn't matter whether it was yesterday or it is today,
Because I have been granted my wish,
That to lie immersed in her thoughts everyday,
In this pool of her memories the only fish,
That swims across it,
Feeds on it, and lives in this pool,
And then begins the true wonder of it,
The wonder of the romantic pool,
Where she assumes the form of every drop of memory,
And like a fish I swim and dive into her soul freely,
In a love’s own nursery,
Where I love her and romance her freely!”
Source: They Loved in 2075!
“Pool tables should have contours, like golf courses. For a novice billiards player, I have a pretty good swing.”
Source: There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't
“Pools, MapHead knew, were generally green and rock-strewn. He must have heard it wrong. This must be a swimming flume.”
Source: MapHead 2
“pools of blood are not recreational even lifeguards drown when the undertow breaks bread with the underbelly demons disguised as sharks have not put enough thought into their costumes a wiseman stays ashore when pointed fins read like italian subtitles the end is near (...) the beginning”
“Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting thorough my open mind possessing and caressing m”
“Pools of sorrow. Waves of joy.”
“Poop humor is fun. If you do the toilet scenes well and commit to them, they can be really, really powerful.”
“Pooper scooper? Yeah, I've done it a few times. Every once in a while, you have to.”
“Pooping became problematic during the hurricane Ian disaster.”
“Poor: (adj.) requiring others; not having the necessities of life in one's own possession.”
Source: Meditations: A New Translation