“Stop trying to do things that will make you happy. Happiness is a state of mind; because otherwise, you are a slave to circumstance.” TryingMindStatesHappinessBuddhismCircumstancesSlaveState Of MindMake You HappyStop Trying Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is more to fearlessness than merely having overcome fear... This state of being is not dependent on any external circumstances. It is individual dignity... that comes from being what we are, right now.” StatesIndividualCircumstancesRight NowDignityOvercomingDependentOvercoming FearFearlessness Author:Chogyam Trungpa
“There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.” MenMindChildrenDoeMadeWarStatesGirlFrontsDangerCircumstancesForgottenPainfulCampaignsPlanningCalamitySereneAgitationUnmarriedEntourage Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“A masterly analysis of how political interests, economic circumstances, development strategies, and local history have shaped what are surprisingly different versions of the welfare state across the developing world. The authors combine fine-grained country analyses with intelligent use of data, and explain and extend the theory and literature on the modern welfare state. The book is both scholarly and readable.” WorldBookDifferentCountryStatesUsePoliticalLiteratureInterestEconomicModernTheoryFineDevelopmentCircumstancesIntelligentStrategyLocalsVersionsDataDevelopingWelfareAnalysisWelfare StateScholarlyLocal History Author:Nancy Birdsall
“We call "happiness" a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy.” NeedsFeelsMindStatesJoyCertainEmotionCircumstancesState Of Mind Author:Andre Gide
“Lacan , Derrida and Foucault are the perfect prophets for the weak, anxious academic personality, trapped in verbal formulas and perennially defeated by circumstances. They offer a self-exculpating cosmic explanation for the normal professorial state of resentment, alienation, dithering passivity and inaction.” SelfStatesPerfectPersonalityCircumstancesOffersNormalWeakExplanationProphetFormulasAnxiousCosmicAcademicResentmentTrappedDefeatedAlienationInactionPassivityLacanDerrida Author:Camille Paglia
“I always tell the Kurds who defend independence: Let's say we declared the independent Kurdish state and Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey imposed sanctions on us, without waging a war. How would we survive under those circumstances?” WarStatesCircumstancesIndependentIndependenceIraqIranSyriaTurkeysSanctionsKurdsKurdish Author:Jalal Talabani
“Under extremely difficult circumstances (Iraq) pursues the inherently complicated task of rebuilding the country. Yet Iraq continues, courageously, to reach for the promise of a democratic, federal and pluralistic state, where generations of oppressed Iraqis will regain their dignity, freedom and the right to join the civilized and progressive nations of the world.” WorldCountryStatesNationsDifficultGenerationsCircumstancesPromiseDignityTasksDemocraticIraqComplicatedPursueCivilizedProgressiveOppressedRebuildingDifficult Circumstances Author:Jalal Talabani
“But, clearly, the prime minister has laid down some ground rules which any functioning democratic state would insist upon, having to do with, you know, arms belonging to the state, not to -- not in private hands. The current circumstances come out of what I think is a very important and indeed appropriate action that the Iraqi government has taken.” ThinkingKnowsImportantStatesHandsGovernmentActionDemocracyTakenArmsCircumstancesDemocraticCurrentsMinistersAppropriateBelongingPrimePrime MinisterGround Rules Author:Condoleezza Rice