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“Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism”

Inspirational Choices Half Seeing Empty Glasses Positivity Optimistic Pessimism Righteous Lenses Half Full Half Empty

Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“One of the functions of thought is to be occupied all the time with something. Most of us want to have our minds continually occupied so that we are prevented from seeing ourselves as we actually are. We are afraid to be empty. We are afraid to look at our fears.”

Want Mind Looks Time Fear Seeing Empty Function Emptiness

Book:On Fear

Source: On Fear

“The clothes in themselves are empty. But what they throw off and what clothes mean as signifiers is incredibly interesting - to see what people do with it. That's more interesting to me than flipping through a magazine or seeing the fall look.”

People Looks Mean Fall Interesting Seeing Clothes Empty Magazines

Author:Kim Gordon

“Exultation that does not flow from education, affections that do not flow from knowing, savoring that does not flow from seeing, feeling that does not flow from thinking - are hollow and rootless - noisy gongs and clanging cymbals. And God is not glorified by artificial and empty passions. True delight is rooted in true doctrine. God-centered exultation is rooted in God-centered education.”

Thinking Doe Feelings Passion Knowing Seeing Flow Empty Affection Delight Doctrine Artificial Rooted Hollow Noisy Savoring Gongs Cymbals

Author:John Piper

“And here we must narrowly watch ourselves, seeing that banquets can scarcely be celebrated blamelessly, for almost always luxury accompanies feasting; and when the body is swallowed up in the delight of refreshing itself, the heart relaxes to empty joys.”

Heart Body Joy Watches Seeing Empty Delight Luxury Relax Accompany Refreshing Banquets Feasting

Author:Pope Gregory I

“For me, the beauty of the blank page, or empty screen,staring up at nine thirty after two cups of coffee and a deep breath remains unique. The blankness invites scribbling on, mental drawing , and the best feeling I know - apart from the more obvious sensual ones - is the feeling of putting down the first thought and seeing it turn into symbols. Making an idea into an emotion.”

“Younger and younger, our children are seeing the sippy-cup as half empty.”

Children Half Seeing Empty Our Children Cups Half Empty

Author:Maria Bamford

“Your mind makes out the orange by seeing it, hearing it, touching it, smelling it, tasting it and thinking about it but without this mind, you call it, the orange would not be seen or heard or smelled or tasted or even mentally noticed, it's actually, that orange, depending on your mind to exist! Don't you see that? By itself it's a no-thing, it's really mental, it's seen only of your mind. In other words it's empty and awake.”

Thinking Mind Seeing Heard Empty Hearing Awake Touching Orange Tasting Make Out

Book:The Dharma Bums

Source: The Dharma Bums

“There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.”

Life Trying May Facts Time Sound Space Silence Music Seeing Listening Quiet Empty Hearing Noise Composer Empty Space Sound And Music Silence And Peace

Book:Silence: Lectures and Writings

Source: Silence: Lectures and Writings

“I turned back to the mirror, seeing that there were no lines on it. It was empty. "What happened to my mirror?" I said, bewildered. Then realizing that I was looking at the back of the dumb thing, I swore and turned it over.”

Said Realizing Lines Seeing Happened Empty Mirrors Dumb Bewildered Dumb Things

Author:Kim Harrison

“Criticizing people, winding them up, making idiots of them or fooling them doesn't make people with autism laugh. What makes us smile from the inside is seeing something beautiful, or a memory makes us laugh. This generally happens when there's nobody watching us. And at night, on our own, we might burst out laughing underneath the duvet, or roar with later in an empty room ... When we don't need to think about other people or anything else, that's when we wear our aural expressions.”

People Thinking Needs Might Happens Beautiful Night Memories Rooms Laughing Seeing Expression Empty Idiot Criticize Autism Something Beautiful Empty Rooms Duvets

Author:Naoki Higashida

“If general perception changes from seeing the glass as 'half-full' to seeing it as 'half empty' there are major innovative opportunities.”

Ifs Opportunity Half Seeing Perception Majors Empty Glasses Innovative Half Full Half Empty

Book:Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Source: Innovation and Entrepreneurship