“The sense of ownership is one reason why abuse tends to get worse as relationships get more serious. The more history and commitment that develop in the couple, the more the abuser comes to think of his partner as a prized object. Possessiveness is at the core of the abuser's mindset, the spring from which all the other streams spout; on some level he feels that he owns you and therefore has the right to treat you as he sees fit.” ThinkingFeelsReasonLevelsObjectsSeriousCoupleFitSpringCommitmentTreatsAbuseMindsetPartnersCoreReason WhyStreamsOwnershipAbusersPossessiveness Author:Lundy Bancroft
“Morality comes from a commitment to treat other as we wish to be treated, which follows from the realization that none of us is the sole occupant of the universe.” UniverseWishMoralityCommitmentTreatsTreatedRealizationSole Author:Steven Pinker
“I'm criticizing the way they are perceived. I was going through a book of Marina Abramovic and Ulay's 1970s performance work the other day. These people did two, even three Documentas or Venice Biennales over the course of a decade without any fuss. They would just treat it as any of their other engagements, with the same level of dignity and commitment they'd reserve for a one-day event in a small gallery on the Austrian mountains.” PeopleWayTwoBookThreeCoursesLevelsEventsOne DayMountainCommitmentDignityPerformancesTreatsDecadesCriticizeEngagementReservesGalleryVenice Author:Maurizio Cattelan
“Faith is the commitment of one's consciousness to beliefs for which one has no sensory evidence or rational proof. A mystic is a man who treats his feelings as tools of cognition. Faith is the equation of feeling with knowledge.” MenFeelingsBeliefConsciousnessEvidenceCommitmentToolsTreatsProofRationalEquationsMysticCognitionSensory Book:The Virtue of Selfishness Source: The Virtue of Selfishness
“There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.” WayChildrenSoulSpiritualInspiringCompassionSocietyCommitmentTreatsOur ChildrenYour ChildrenRevelationsThought ProvokingParenthoodThis SocietyHappy ChildrenSpiritual SoulWonderful ParentsWonderful Children Author:Nelson Mandela
“Faith is the commitment of one's consciousness to beliefs for which one has no sensory evidence or rational proof. When man rejects reason as his standard of judgement, only one alternative standard remains to him: his feelings. A mystic is a man who treats his feelings as tools of cognition. Faith is the equation of feelings with knowledge” MenReasonFeelingsBeliefConsciousnessStandardsEvidenceCommitmentToolsTreatsRemainsProofRationalAlternativesJudgementRejectsEquationsMysticCognitionSensory Book:The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism Source: The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism
“I believe that when we treat homosexual people as pariahs and push them outside our communities and churches; when we blame them for who they are; when we deny them our blessing on their commitment to lifelong, faithful relationships, we make them doubt whether they are children of God, made in his image.” PeopleBelieveChildrenMadeI BelieveCommunityChurchDoubtBlessingCommitmentTreatsBlameDenyFaithfulHomosexualLifelongOur CommunityChild Of GodPariahs Author:Steve Chalke