“Those enjoying winning streaks thus win twofold. They win not only the game but also the right to greater self-determination. They become masters of their own fate. That feeling of efficacy, of being in charge of circumstances, is the essence of confidence. Winning once or twice is encouraging, but winning continuously is empowering.” SelfFeelingsGamesWinningEnjoyGreaterFateMastersConfidenceCircumstancesDeterminationEssenceEmpoweringSelf DeterminationStreaksEfficacy Book:Confidence Source: Confidence
“Somewhere in your life there will be an overriding theme to your quest - some part of your desire that cannot be denied without a terrible cost to the very essence of what you are. Are you going to ignore it, or do you have the courage of your commitment and the confidence to demand that life, humanity, or circumstances give you what you want, with no other excuse, reason or apology other than that you demand it?” WantGivingReasonDesirePurposeHumanityCircumstancesTerribleCostDemandCommitmentEssenceExcuseWhat You WantThemePurpose Of LifeDeniedApologyQuests Author:Stuart Wilde
“His response is more than sensible. It reflects his understanding that evens unfold as a refelction of precise karmic order and that a benevolent response in all circumstances will be the most healing one. I think he is so universally admired becuase he exemplifies by his behavior the truth that the essence of natural mind, unclouded by greed or anger or delusion, is that of peace.” ThinkingMindOrderPeaceUnderstandingNaturalHealingCircumstancesBehaviorEssenceResponseGreedDelusionSensiblePreciseBenevolent Author:Sylvia Boorstein
“There is a certain silence that can emanate from a lifeless object as from a chair lately used, or from a piano with old dust upon its keys, or from anything that has answered to the need of a man, for pleasure or for work. This kind of silence can speak. Its voice may be melancholy, but it is not always so; for the chair may have been left by a laughing child or the last notes of the piano may have been raucous and gay. Whatever the mood or the circumstance, the essence of its quality may linger in the silence that follows. It is a soundless echo.” MenNeedsKindMayChildrenHas BeensLastsUsedCertainLeftSpeakVoicePleasureSilenceQualityLaughingObjectsKeysCircumstancesGayEssenceNotesMoodDustPianoChairsMelancholyEchoesLifelessEmanate Book:West with the Night Source: West with the Night
“Fantasy involves that which general opinion regards as impossible; science fiction involves that which general opinion regards as possible under the right circumstances. This is in essence a judgment call, since what is possible and what is not cannot be objectively known but is, rather, a subjective belief on the part of the reader.” BeliefFictionKnownOpinionFantasyImpossibleReaderCircumstancesJudgmentEssenceRegardScience FictionSubjective Book:Pandemonium Source: Pandemonium
“The essence of the this-time-is-different syndrome is...rooted in the firmly held belief that financial crises are things that happen to other people in other countries at other times; crises do not happen to us, here and now. We are doing things better, we are smarter, we have learned from past mistakes. The old rules of valuation no longer apply. Unfortunately, a highly leveraged economy can unwittingly be sitting with its back at the edge of a financial cliff for many years before chance and circumstance provoke a crisis of confidence that pushes it off.” PeopleYearsDifferentCountryHappensPastBeliefChanceMistakeEconomyCircumstancesSittingEssenceCrisisFinancialEdgesRootedOther CountriesSmarterProvokingCliffsHere And NowSyndromesFinancial CrisisValuationPast Mistakes Author:Carmen Reinhart
“We may express them [emotions] physically slightly differently, and it's of course graded depending on the circumstance, but the essence of the process is going to be the same, unless one of us is not quite well put together and is missing something, otherwise it's going to be the same.” WellsMayTogetherCoursesProcessEmotionMissingCircumstancesEssenceMissing Something Author:Antonio Damasio
“The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.” IdeasAmericaCircumstancesEssenceHumbleGreat ThingsPatriotismNationalityEthnicityIndependence Day Author:Condoleezza Rice