“Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, counter-arguing, re-thinking, twisting, straightening, perfecting, then believing every original idea he intends to make public before making it public. There is always an angle from which an absolute truth may appear askew just as there is always a personal emotion, or a personal agenda, which alienates the ultimate good of mankind.” ThinkingMenFirstsBelieveMayIdeasWould BeEmotionStepsMankindCrimeGainsUltimateAbsolutesOriginalsArguingDeceitAgendasFirst StepsAngleAbsolute TruthOriginal IdeasRecurringPersonal Gain Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“When a society has doubts about its future, it tends to produce spokesmen whose main appeal is to the emotions, who argue from intuitions, and whose claim to be truth-bearers rests solely on intense personal feeling.” FeelingsEmotionDoubtProduceClaimsIntuitionArguingIntenseAppealsPersonal Feelings Author:Kenneth Tynan
“When you completely accept this moment, when you no longer argue with what is, the compulsion to think lessens and is replaced by an alert stillness. You are fully conscious, yet the mind is not labeling this moment in any way... It is a shift from identification with form --the thought or the emotion-- to being and recognizing yourself as that which has no form -- spacious awareness.” ThinkingWayMindMomentsFormEmotionAcceptingAwarenessConsciousArguingStillnessReplacedRecognizingCompulsionIdentificationLabeling Author:Eckhart Tolle
“How to survive boarding school. Do not express emotion, do not feel emotion, do not have emotion. If someone hits you, hit them back, if someone argues with you, argue back, never give in an inch, never look vulnerable and you will survive.” IfsGivingFeelsLooksSchoolEmotionArguingVulnerableInchesNever Give In Author:Eddie Izzard