“Be carefree yet careful: While you should work on overcoming unnecessary worrying, have a healthy fear of danger and sensibly guard yourself from harm. Overcoming worry does not mean putting yourself in danger, but in having a calm attitude in dealing with difficulties and accepting what cannot be changed.” ShouldMeanDoeAttitudeAcceptingWorryDangerChangedHealthyOvercomingDifficultyCalmCarefulHarmAnticipationUnnecessaryCarefreeOvercoming WorryHealthy Fear Author:Zelig Pliskin
“If we're honest, most of us would accept that a bad boss is a little bit like a bad father or a bad husband ... you find that he tends to do more good than harm. He might be a bad boss but at least he's employing someone while he is in fact a boss.” IfsLittlesFactsMightFatherBitsAcceptingHonestHusbandLittle BitHarmBossEmployingBad Husband Author:Tony Abbott
“To the young I should offer two maxims: Don't accept superficial solutions of difficult problems. It is better to do a little good than much harm. I should not offer anything more specific; every young person should decide on his or her own credo.” ShouldLittlesPersonsTwoProblemYoungDifficultAcceptingYouthOffersSolutionsHarmSuperficialMaximsDifficult ProblemsCredo Author:Bertrand Russell
“Nothing outside the will can hinder or harm the will; it can only harm itself. If then we accept this, and, when things go amiss, are inclined to blame ourselves, remembering that judgment alone can disturb our peace and constancy, I swear to you by all the gods that we have made progress.” IfsMadeRememberAcceptingProgressJudgmentBlameHarmSwearHinderConstancyIf Then Book:The Discourses and Manual: Together with Fragments of His Writings Source: The Discourses and Manual: Together with Fragments of His Writings
“There is tremendous long-term harm when Americans accept ethnic and class balkanization as a de facto fixture of American life. I think that impoverishes our understanding of each other.” ThinkingLongUnderstandingTermAcceptingClassHarmLong TermAmerican LifeFixture Author:Richard Benjamin