“Serious skeptics, true believers, and seekers of every stripe will want to read Mitch Horowitz's vibrant, probing, and richly researched account of the impact of the positive-thinking movement on every aspect of American life today. Filled with a cast of remarkable characters and many lively tales, One Simple Idea is a readable, responsible examination of the limits and possibilities of mind-power as a source of constructive transformation.” ThinkingWantMindIdeasCharacterTodaySimpleMovementPossibilityPositive ThinkingSeriousSourceLimitsAspectAccountsTransformationResponsibleImpactFilledCastsBelieverTalesRemarkableSeekersExaminationConstructiveLivelySkepticAmerican LifeStripesTrue BelieverPower Of The MindProbingSimple Ideas Author:Judith Viorst
“Thomas Jefferson went through the New Testament and removed all the miracles, leaving only the teachings. Take a source, extract what appeals to you, discard the rest. Such an act of editorship is bound to reflect something of the individual doing the editing: a plaster cast of an aesthetic-not the actual thing, but the imprint of it.” IndividualTeachingSourceMiracleBoundsLeavingCastsAppealsAestheticEditingTestamentNew TestamentPlasters Book:Reality Hunger: A Manifesto Source: Reality Hunger: A Manifesto
“I assume the senses crave sources of maximum information, that the eye benefits by exercise, stretch, and expansion towards materials of complexity and substance, . . . conditions which alert the total sensibility - cast it almost in stress - extend insight and response, the basic responsive range of empathetic-kinesthetic vitality.” EyeConditionsInformationMaterialsSourceExerciseBenefitsStressAssumingResponseCastsInsightSensesSubstanceRangeComplexitySensibilityExpansionVitalityCraveMaximumEmpathetic Book:Imaging Her Erotics: Essays, Interviews, Projects Source: Imaging Her Erotics: Essays, Interviews, Projects