“Unfortunately, most people do not stop to feel their tiredness. Faced with the pressures of life, they believe that it is a matter of survival to go on as they have been. Feeling tired raises a deep fear that they may not be able to continue the struggle. Many find it difficult to say, ‘I can’t.’ As children, they were taught that where there’s a will, there’s a way. To say, ‘I can’t,’ is to admit failure, which is seen as evidence that they are unworthy of love.” PeopleWayFeelsBelieveMayChildrenHas BeensI CanMatterFeelingsAbleDifficultStruggleTaughtGoes OnSurvivalEvidencePressureRaisesTiredUnworthyTiredness Author:Alexander Lowen
“That so many of us find it entirely plausible that a vast network of researchers and health officials and doctors worldwide would willfully harm children for money is evidence of what capitalism is really taking from us. Capitalism has already impoverished the working people who generate wealth for others. And capitalism has already impoverished us culturally, robbing unmarketable art of its value. But when we begin to see the pressures of capitalism as innate laws of human motivation, when we begin to believe that everyone is owned, then we are truly impoverished.” PeopleBelieveHumansChildrenArtLawMotivationValuesWealthEvidenceCapitalismDoctorsPressureHarmOfficialsInnateResearchersPlausibleRobbing Author:Eula Biss
“Experts must read the patterns and judge their usefulness as evidence. Under any of numerous pressures, an expert may wish to misread a pattern or even to alter it. Americans had a touching trust in "experts".” MayWishJudgingEvidencePressurePatternsExpertsTouchingUsefulness Book:The Good Guy Source: The Good Guy
“There does seem to be some evidence that as people get older, they procrastinate less, perhaps because they feel the pressure of time more.” PeopleFeelsDoeSeemsEvidencePressureProcrastinating Author:James Surowiecki
“The most common objection that I hear to walking as exercise is that it's too easy, that only sweaty, strenuous activity offers real benefits. But there is abundant evidence that regular, brisk walking is associated with better health, including lower blood pressure, better moods and improved cholesterol ratios.” RealEasyCommonBloodWalkingExerciseOffersActivityBenefitsEvidencePressureIncludingMoodObjectionsRatiosBlood PressureCholesterol Author:Andrew Weil
“The mad sometimes drilled holes in their own heads to let the demons out. To relieve the pressure of thoughts they could no longer bear. Jude understood the impulse. Each beat of his heart was a fresh and staggering blow felt in the nerves behind his eyes and in his temples. Punishing evidence of life.” HeartSometimesEyeFeltBehindsBearsBeatsUnderstoodEvidencePressureMadBlowHolesImpulseHis EyesDemonTemplesNervesStaggering Author:Joe Hill
“I would say the biggest handicap we have right now is some nutcases in our country that don't believe in global warming. I think they are going to change their position because of pressure from individuals, because the evidence of the ravages of global warming is already there.” ThinkingBelieveCountryIndividualPositionRight NowEvidencePressureDon't BelieveOur CountryGlobal WarmingHandicaps Author:Jimmy Carter