“Resisting and avoiding pain sucks energy-and time. The more you let yourself feel those minute-and-a-half hells, the quicker you'll start feeling those minute-and-a-half happinesses.” FeelsFeelingsPainEnergyHalfHellMinutesAvoidingResistingAvoiding Pain Author:Leigh Newman
“Most bloggers have no institutional credibility, and so they must build it, by linking transparently, and allowing you to easily double check their work. But more than anything, because linking sources is such an easy thing to do, and the motivations for avoiding links are so dubious, I've detected myself using a new rule of thumb: if you don't link to primary sources, I just don't trust you.” IfsPainMotivationEasySourceChecksPrimariesTherapyThings To DoInjuryLinksAllowingAvoidingCredibilityThumbsDon't TrustDubiousBloggersEasy ThingsPrimary Source Author:Ben Goldacre
“We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.” ActionPainLife IsPleasureAnimalCommonClassConcernedSeekingBeastAvoidingAnimal LifeAvoiding PainBodily FunctionsBodily Pain Author:Saint Augustine