“Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.” InspirationalNeedsMindTruthScienceChoicesChangeFreedomLibertySweetProveEconomicsBusyIntelligenceLibertarianProofCleverLife ChangingLife And LoveChange ManagementInspirational ChangeMind ChangingProgress And ChangeChanging My MindFuture ProgressChange Is Hard Book:The Essential Galbraith Source: The Essential Galbraith
“The belief that happiness has to be deserved has led to centuries of pain, guilt, and deception. So firmly have we clung to this single, illusory belief that we've almost forgotten the real truth about happiness. So busy are we trying to deserve happiness that we no longer have much time for ideas such as: Happiness is natural, happiness is a birthright, happiness is free, happiness is a choice, happiness is within, and happiness is being. The moment you believe that happiness has to be deserved, you must toil forevermore.” TryingBelieveIdeasRealMomentsPainChoicesBeliefNaturalCenturyDeserveGuiltBusyForgottenDeceptionToilBirthrightIllusoryHappiness Is A ChoiceReal Truth Book:Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good Fast Source: Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good Fast
“Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.” FirstsSaidChoicesNextViewsPayPaintingBusyPoint Of ViewKitchen Author:F. Murray Abraham
“I'm all for experimenting with sortition - randomly selected representative bodies of citizens. But I don't favor direct democracy. We're busy. We have lives. There is reddit. Who has time to work out the right answer to the thousand policy choices a gov't must make all the time?” BodyChoicesAnswersDemocracyPolicyCitizensThousandDirectBusyWork OutFavorsRepresentativesSelectedRight AnswersRedditDirect Democracy Author:Lawrence Lessig
“The pharisees minded what God spoke, but not what He intended. They were busy in the outward work of the hand, but incurious of the affections and choice of the heart. So God was served in the letter, they did not much inquire into His purpose; and therefore they were curious to wash their hands, but cared not to purify their hearts.” HeartHandsPurposeChoicesLettersBusyAffectionCuriousSpokesPharisees Author:Jeremy Taylor