“The harsh reality is that America moves on four wheels, powered by conventional internal-combustion engines. At this point, while the elite media (excluding Newsweek) trumpet the benefits of hybrids and Ford and Toyota plan to lead the nation into a low-powered, high-mileage hybrid Utopia, the multitudes remain loyal to the gas-guzzling family bus in the driveway.” RealityAmericaMovingNationsFourPlansMediaBenefitsLowsWheelsGasInternalsBusEnginesElitesLoyalConventionalMultitudesHarshUtopiaTrumpetsHybridCombustionDrivewayToyotaHarsh RealityMileage Author:Brock Yates
“An optimist is somebody who thinks our various political and social systems, schools and churches, support groups and Boy Scout troops, jury trials and congressional committees, are on the up-and-up. That they are intended for the benefit of the members. The reality is that they are designed to keep everyone in line.” ThinkingRealitySchoolPoliticalSocialChurchLinesBoysSupportGroupsMembersBenefitsVariousTrialsTroopsCommitteesOptimistJurySocial SystemsBoy ScoutSupport GroupsCongressional Committees Author:Jack McDevitt
“To the extent that language forces experiences into categories it is a screen between reality and the human being. In a word, we pay for its benefits... Therefore, while using language, as we must of necessity, we should be aware of its shortcomings.” ShouldHumansRealityLanguageForceHuman BeingsPayBenefitsScreensCategoriesShortcomings Author:Abraham Maslow
“A Universal Good should reflect the reality of the individual benefits that are collected under its name, not the other way around.” WayShouldRealityNamesIndividualBenefitsUniversal Book:Conquest of Abundance: A Tale of Abstraction Versus the Richness of Being Source: Conquest of Abundance: A Tale of Abstraction Versus the Richness of Being
“This life is made to change all reality. We are here for the benefit, happiness, and welfare of a new reality; a new direction.” MadeRealityLife IsBenefitsThis LifeWelfareNew Directions Author:Gerry Lindgren
“Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes it may be that while we are complaining of the hardness of the hearts of those we are seeking to benefit, the hardness of our own hearts and our feeble apprehension of the solemn reality of eternal things may be the true cause of our want of success.” IfsWantShouldHeartMaySoulSometimesRealityDesireCausesResultsTearsBenefitsEternalSeekingComplainingIntenseDistressSolemnApprehensionHardness Author:Hudson Taylor
“The central benefit of Zen, in the context of ordinary ups and downs of life,is not in preventing the minus and promoting the plus,but in directing people to the fundamental reality that is not under the sway of ups and downs.” PeopleRealityLife IsBenefitsOrdinaryFundamentalsPlusPromotingUps & DownsPreventingMinus Author:Muso Soseki
“You're human. You'll screw up. Denying that is crazy. Forgiving yourself has all the benefits of self-esteem without making you a narcissist that's out of touch with reality.” HumansSelfRealityCrazySelf EsteemBenefitsForgivingEsteemScrewsNarcissistScrew UpsForgive Yourself Author:David D. Burns
“The common meaning of gratitude is to be thankful for benefits received. While this is important, I feel that the energy of gratitude is one of the most powerful attracting forces in the universe. A heart filled with Thanksgiving, even when appearances tell us that we are mired in scarcity, conflict, and affliction, moves us to a higher frequency in consciousness and we soon witness reality shining through the illusion.” FeelsHeartImportantRealityMovingUniverseEnergyForcePowerfulCommonConsciousnessHigherGratitudeConflictBenefitsIllusionFilledShiningAppearanceWitnessMost PowerfulAfflictionBeing ThankfulFrequencyScarcityShining ThroughHeart Filled Author:John Randolph Price
“The main thrust of the Social Security reform was to get the benefit structure in line with the realities of the Trust Funds.” RealitySocialLinesSecurityBenefitsStructureReformFundSocial SecurityThrustTrust Funds Author:George W. Bush
“There's a diversion between economic reality - integration, global village, everybody depending on everybody else - and cultural reality, which is people feeling invaded, undermined, threatened, wanting to have "stand-your-ground" legislation all over the place. It's alarming because at the moment, the fear is outweighing the benefits, and that's partially because the benefits have been so unequally distributed that lots of people don't feel better off. They feel threatened, angry and despairing.” PeopleFeelsHas BeensMomentsFeelingsRealityEconomicBenefitsAngryVillageFeel BetterLegislationThreatenedIntegrationBetter OffDiversionGlobal VillageStand Your Ground Author:Duncan Green
“We are like sculptors, constantly carving out of others the image we long for, need, love or desire, often against reality, against their benefit, and always, in the end, a disappointment, because it does not fit them.” InspirationalNeedsLongDoeEndsRealityDesireHonestyAcceptanceFitBenefitsDisappointmentSculptorsCarvingNeed Love Author:Anais Nin
“I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.” PeopleWorldHas BeensSaidRealitySpiritualGrowsSilenceTalkingTaughtHabitDisciplineWasteBenefitsTonguePensWasting TimeSilence IsMy ThoughtsDiscernmentShieldsImpatientShynessSpiritual DisciplinesRestraining Author:Mahatma Gandhi