“Football is a sport of paradox. It requires reaction, not reflection. Yet you must use your mind to calculate, to anticipate - to think and not think at the same time.” ThinkingMindUseSportsFootballReflectionReactionsParadoxAnticipate Author:Dhani Jones
“Happiness and sadness are just two eternal truths like day and night. A man of superior intellect is never affected by these emotions. They are not base emotions at all but a reflection of our thoughts, a reaction to our perspective on things we see, hear and do. Equanimity is not only desirable in a warrior, but a must. Without it, you are as good as dead in the battlefield.” MenTwoNightEmotionSadnessPerspectiveEternalReflectionIntellectReactionsSuperiorsWarriorAffectedOur ThoughtsDesirableBattlefieldsDay And NightEquanimityHappiness And SadnessPerspective On Things Book:ASURA: Tale of the Vanquished Source: ASURA: Tale of the Vanquished
“Emotion arises at the place where mind and body meet. It is the body's reaction to your mind - or you might say, a reflection of your mind in the body.” MindBodyMightEmotionReflectionReactionsAriseMind And BodyPower Of Now Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Whereas the average individuals "often have not the slightest idea of what they are, of what they want, of what their own opinions are," self-actualizing individuals have "superior awareness of their own impulses, desires, opinions, and subjective reactions in general."” WantIdeasSelfDesireMotivationIndividualOpinionAwarenessPersonalityReflectionSelf AwarenessAverageReactionsSuperiorsImpulseSubjectiveSelf Reflection Author:Abraham Maslow
“Response is what we have trained ourselves to be; it is a reflection of our manhood, character, ideals. We cannot always control our surface reactions, but we can sit at the helm of our lives and control our responses to the blows of life.” CharacterOur LivesReflectionIdealsResponseBlowSurfaceReactionsManhoodHelm Book:當代的生活藝術 Source: 當代的生活藝術
“What helps most is remembering that such a cry or attack or sly blow is a reflection of that other person’s inner state; it is not an omniscient summary of you. Your reaction reflects your own inner state, and that can tell you which aspects of your own inner world are needy of attention. p.291” WorldPersonsStatesHelpingRememberAttentionCryReflectionAspectBlowReactionsNeedyInner WorldSlySummaryOmniscient Author:Stephanie Dowrick