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“If a steaming hot potato fell in your hands you would get it off you as soon as you could. Do the same with negative destructive thoughts- just release them as fast as you can.”

Ifs Hands Negative Overcoming Hot Release Destructive Potatoes Overcoming Fear

Author:John Assaraf

“Shameless actually good since it gives a kind of freedom. We consider the old, functionless shame destructive. Today, if you have a strong sense of shame you also have a strong desire to overcome it. And that's when you can write.”

Ifs Giving Writing Kind Today Desire Strong Overcoming Shame Destructive Shameless Strong Desire

Author:Karl Ove Knausgard

“Programming is a Dark Art, and it always will be. The programmer is fighting against the two most destructive forces in the universe: entropy and human stupidity. These are not things you can overcome with a "methodology" or on a schedule.”

Humans Art Two Fighting Universe Force Dark Overcoming Stupidity Programming Destructive Schedules Programmers Methodology Entropy Human Stupidity Dark Art

Author:Damian Conway

“I believe that the destructive nature of society that now threatens the existence of the entire human world has much to do with human intelligence. The way to overcome all human suffering-that also is through human intelligence.”

World Way Believe Humans Suffering I Believe Existence Overcoming Destructive Human Intelligence Human Suffering

Author:Dalai Lama

“How to overcome destructive criticism? Just love a little more. That's all.”

Littles Criticism Overcoming Destructive Destructive Criticism

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“I have given no definition of love. This is impossible, because there is no higher principle by which it could be defined. It is life itself in its actual unity. The forms and structures in which love embodies itself are the forms and structures in which love overcomes its self-destructive forces.”

Self Form Given Force Principles Impossible Higher Overcoming Structure Unity Definitions Defined Destructive Self Destructive Definition Of Love

Book:Sozialphilosophische und Ethische Schriften

Source: Sozialphilosophische und Ethische Schriften

“All who are caught in its seductive, tantalizing web and remain so will become addicted to its immoral, destructive influence. For many, that addiction cannot be overcome without help. The tragic pattern is so familiar. It begins with curiosity that is fueled by its stimulation and is justified by the false premise that when done privately, it does no harm to anyone else. For those lulled by this lie, the experimentation goes deeper, with more powerful stimulations, until the trap closes and a terribly immoral, addictive habit exercises its vicious control.”

“The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about how we can better handle our destructive emotions and how to overcome them.”

Book Emotion Groups Scientist Overcoming Handle Dialogue Destructive Lama Dalai

Author:Daniel Goleman