“A man who is morally clean, other things being equal, has in every instance, greater agility, greater capacity, and greater endurance by far than the man who is not. While the latter is wasting his creative energies in useless pleasures, as well as in disease producing habits, the former is turning all of his creative energy into ability and genius, and the result is evident.” MenWellsEnergyAbilityPleasureResultsCreativeGreaterHe ManGeniusHabitEqualDiseaseCapacityCleanInstanceFormerUselessLatterEnduranceEvidentAgilityBeing EqualCreative Energy Author:Christian D. Larson
“Habit is a good thing for the human race. ... You have to spend so much energy just getting through the day when you have no habits that you don't have any left for productive labor.” HumansEnergyLeftRaceHabitLaborGood ThingsHuman RaceProductive Book:The Women's Room Source: The Women's Room
“If you are energy-efficient and water-wise at home, then take all your good habits abroad with you.” IfsHomeEnergyWaterWiseHabitEfficientGood Habits Author:Sheherazade Goldsmith
“We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also really important. You can wreck one rainforest then move, drain one area of resources and move onto another, but climate change is global.” NeedsImportantMovingEnergyHabitResourcesAreasClimateClimate ChangeBurningKicksCarbonWrecksDrainsRainforest Author:David Attenborough
“Sometimes, counter-intuitively, it's easier to make a major change than a minor change. When a habit is changing very gradually, we may lose interest, give way under stress, or dismiss the change as insignificant. There's an excitement and an energy that comes from a big transformation, and that helps to create a habit.” WayGivingMaySometimesHelpingBigsEnergyInterestLosesHabitEasierMajorsStressTransformationExcitementMinorsInsignificantAuthentic HappinessMajor ChangeUnder Stress Author:Gretchen Rubin
“There is a story in Zen circles about a man and a horse. The horse is galloping quickly, and it appears that the man on the horse is going somewhere important. Another man standing alongside the road, shouts, «Where are you going?» and the first man replies, «I don't know! Ask the horse!» This is also our story. We are riding a horse, and we don't know where we are going and we can't stop. The horse is our habit energy pulling us along, and we are powerless.” KnowsMenFirstsImportantStoriesAsksEnergyHe ManHabitStandingHorseCirclesRidingPullingPowerlessAnother ManGalloping Book:The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
“Our joy, peace and happiness depend very much on our practice of recognizing and transforming habit energies. There are positive habit energies that we have to cultivate, and negative habit energies that we have to recognize, embrace and transform. The energy with which we do these things is mindfulness.” HappinessJoyEnergyPeacePracticeDependsHabitMindfulnessNegativeEmbraceRecognizingTransformingPeace And Happiness Author:Nhat Hanh