“Keep out of the Sight of Feasts and Banquets as much as may be; for 'tis more difficult to refrain good Cheer, when it's present, than from the Desire of it when it is away; the like you may observe in the Objects of all the other Senses.” MayDesireDifficultObjectsLike YouSightSensesCheerCheerfulnessRefrainBanquetsGood Cheer Book:Poor Richard's Almanack Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Almost everything can be construed as sexual harassment depending upon the way it is said. One general rule of thumb is to think of your female co-workers as you would your sister. Yes, she is a woman. No, she is not a sexual object. Yes, your parents probably like her more than they like you.” ThinkingWaySaidParentObjectsLike YouFemaleWorkersThumbsThink Of YouHarassmentLike HerCo Worker Author:Linda Sunshine
“We don't sell a watch to give time. We sell a piece of art. We sell an object that represents something to you, you know. It's like you have a nice shirt or a nice jacket. It's like a luxury accessories that can be considered like shoes or like handbags for ladies.” KnowsGivingArtWatchesPiecesNiceObjectsLike YouSellsShoesLuxuryShirtsJacketsAccessoriesHandbags Author:Ricardo Guadalupe
“There was this interesting quote: try and live your life without fear and desire. It's this concept that's like when you look at a painting in a museum and you are held in aesthetic arrest. So the I, the ego, is stripped, is gone. The observer and thing become one. That's where fear and desire come in because you don't want to own it, possess it, desire it, and it's not moving you to fear. It's like you're in this harmonious state with the object.” WantTryingLooksStatesMovingDesireInterestingGoneObjectsPaintingLike YouEgoConceptsMuseumsAestheticLive Your LifeObserversHarmonious Author:Zack Snyder
“All the things you need in the death transition, you need now in the life transition, because life is a transition, it is a between state. Therefore, every night when you fall asleep, it's like you die. And every time you do, you should be using the process of falling asleep as giving up your attention to sense objects, your discursive ruminating thoughts and so on. You should use that as a process of giving up and giving yourself completely to the universe and becoming completely obliterated.” NeedsGivingShouldStatesUseLife IsNightDiesFallUniverseProcessAttentionObjectsLike YouBecomingGiving UpTransitionEvery NightFalling AsleepGiving Yourself Author:Robert Thurman