“Every Christian has the power to heal infirmities-not of others, but his own, and not of the body, but of the soul-that is, sins and sinful habits-and to cast out devils, rejecting evil thoughts sown by them, and extinguishing the excitement of passions enflamed by them.” SoulBodyChristianPassionEvilSinHumilityHabitDevilCastsHealExcitementRejectingInfirmityEvil Thoughts Author:Theophan the Recluse
“What you learn from bad habits and in bad society, you will never forget, and it will be a lasting pang to you. I tell you in all sincerity, not as in the excitement of speech, but as I would confess and have confessed before God, I would give my right hand if I could forget that which I have learned in bad society.” IfsGivingHandsForgetHabitSpeechExcitementIf I CouldLastingNever ForgetSincerityI Have LearnedBad Habits Author:John Bartholomew Gough
“Man lives by habits indeed, but what he lives for is thrill and excitements. ... From time immemorial war has been ... the supremely thrilling excitement.” MenHas BeensWarHabitExcitementLive ByThrillThrilling Author:William James
“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
“It cannot but be injurious to the human mind never to be called into effort: the habit of receiving pleasure without any exertion of thought, by the mere excitement of curiosity, and sensibility, may be justly ranked among the worst effects of habitual novel-reading.” MindHumansMayReadingPleasureEffortNovelWorstEffectsHabitMereCuriosityExcitementHuman MindReceivingSensibilityHabitualExertion Book:The works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Source: The works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Swaraj is not a product of excitement or intoxication. Swaraj will be the natural and inevitable result of business like habits.” NaturalResultsProductsHabitInevitableExcitementIntoxication Book:Collected Works Source: Collected Works