“We are so prone to expect to become good Christians by some sudden experience that lifts us all at once to higher ground without the gradual climb. We forget that we are to "grow in grace" and that normal growth is not a matter of fits and starts.” MatterChristianGrowsGrowthForgetGraceHigherFitNormalChristian InspirationalLiftsClimbsGood ChristianHigher Ground Author:Vance Havner
“The third stage was the reaction that came when the body struggled to compensate for its ills - when, for instance, the white count not only returned to normal but increased to much higher than normal levels.” BodyWhiteLevelsStageHigherNormalThirdsReactionsInstance Book:Hiroshima [Illustrated Edition] Source: Hiroshima [Illustrated Edition]
“It has been remarked that when one passes among the patients of the psychiatric ward, he encounters among the several sufferers every aspect of normal personality in morbid exaggeration. ... As one passes through the modern centers of enterprise and of higher learning, he is met with similar autonomies of development. ... The scientist, the technician, the scholar, who have left the One for the Many are puffed up with vanity over their ability to describe precisely some minute portion of the world. Men so obsessed with fragments can no more be reasoned with than other psychotics.” MenWorldHas BeensLeftAbilityModernMinutesPersonalityDevelopmentHigherMetsNormalAspectScientistPatientVanityObsessedEncountersEnterprisePortionsScholarAutonomyFragmentsExaggerationMorbidSufferersTechniciansPsychiatricHigher Learning Author:Richard M. Weaver
“Having a mood disorder is not synonymous with having artistic talent, but it is true that people in the so-called creative professions-writers, actors, artists, musicians-have a higher than normal incidence of such illnesses, and there are also a disproportionate number of alcoholics in these fields whose drinking may be an attempt to medicate the anxiety of depression.” PeopleMayArtistActorsNumbersCreativeTalentFieldsHigherDepressionNormalAnxietyMusicianDrinkingIllnessProfessionMoodMental IllnessArtisticDisorderAlcoholicsIncidenceArtistic TalentMood Disorders Author:Tracy Thompson
“Women have to ask for higher paychecks. And not equal, I don't want equal - why do I have to have the same paycheck as a guy who has much less experience than me? I want more. And we have to stop feeling ashamed for asking for more, and we have to begin to feel a little more entitled to things, to normal things.” WantFeelsLittlesFeelingsGuyAsksHigherEqualNormalAskingAshamedEntitledPaychecksNormal Things Author:Isabel Coixet
“This we must say, that everything is economics and economic interest as mere satisfaction of physical needs had, have and always will have a subordinate role in a normal human, that beyond this sphere must be differentiated from an order of higher values, political , spiritual and heroic.” NeedsHumansSpiritualPoliticalValuesOrderInterestRolesEconomicHigherNormalEconomicsMereSatisfactionSpheresHeroicSubordinates Author:Julius Evola
“There's a clarity that comes with great ideas: You can [easily and simply] explain why something's a great business, how and why it's cheap, why it's cheap for temporary reasons and how, on a normal basis, it should be trading at a much higher level. You're never sitting there on the 40th page of your spreadsheet, as Buffett would say, agonizing over whether you should buy or not.” ShouldIdeasReasonLevelsHigherNormalPagesSittingBasesClarityTemporaryTradingGreat IdeaHigher LevelGreat BusinessAgonizingBuffett Author:Joel Greenblatt
“I already enjoy cooking. I like different flavors and putting different things together and really like taking normal recipes to a higher level.” DifferentTogetherEnjoyLevelsHigherNormalCookingDifferent ThingsFlavorRecipesHigher Level Author:Queen Latifah
“The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal.” LittlesIdeasRealInspirationMotivationalSpiritualForceEffortSacrificePossibilityHigherNormalSelf ImprovementPersonal GrowthPlanesPick Me Up Book:Creating Health: How to Wake Up the Body's Intelligence Source: Creating Health: How to Wake Up the Body's Intelligence