“In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends; While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.” FirstsEndsCircumstancesPleaseAdversityEaseDistressBent Author:Jonathan Swift
“Elk have not been seen in Switzerland for many a year. In the interests of scientific accuracy, please strike the idea of elk from your mind. If you must, think of ibexes instead, a fierce and agile type of goat with great spiraling horns. Marmots will also do in a pinch, but under no circumstances should you think of elk. No. Elk. The elkless among you may now proceed.” IfsThinkingShouldYearsMindMayIdeasInterestTypeCircumstancesPleaseStrikesFierceHornsAccuracyGoatsSwitzerlandElk Author:Maryrose Wood
“I am a professed atheist, until I find myself in serious circumstances. Then I quickly fall on my knees, in my mind if not literally, and I say : 'Please God, save me from this.'” IfsMindFallSeriousCircumstancesPleaseAtheistKneesSave Me Author:Don McCullin
“Catching myself in the moment. Then I remember facts are just facts, circumstances are merely circumstances. Whenever I can catch myself having a negative thought, I do Self I-Dentity through Ho'oponopono by saying to myself the phrases "I love you," "I'm sorry," "Please forgive me," "Thank you" in any particular order.” I CanSelfMomentsFactsRememberOrderLove YouParticularCircumstancesPleaseNegativeForgivingSorryPhrasesI'm SorryCatchingNegative ThoughtsForgive MePlease Forgive Me Author:Graham Shiels
“Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living.” MenPastGivenBrainGenerationsCircumstancesPleaseTraditionChosenNightmareMaking History Author:Karl Marx