“Why, when we know that there's no such thing as perfect, do most of us spend an incredible amount of time and energy trying to be everything to everyone? Is it that we really admire perfection? No - the truth is that we are actually drawn to people who are real and down-to-earth. We love authenticity and we know that life is messy and imperfect.” PeopleKnowsTryingRealEarthLife IsEnergyPerfectAmountTruth IsPerfectionIncrediblesAuthenticityAdmireImperfectMessyDown To EarthTime And Energy Author:Brené Brown
“If you know that everything comes from the mind, don't become attached. Once attached, you're unaware. But once you see your own nature, the entire Canon becomes so much prose. It's thousands of sutras and shastras only amount to a clear mind. Understanding comes in midsentence. What good are doctrines? The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way. The Way is wordless. Words are illusions. . . . Don't cling to appearances, and you'll break through all barriers. . . .” IfsKnowsWayMindTruthUnderstandingBreakClearAmountTruth IsIllusionUltimateAppearanceDoctrineProseBarriersBreak ThroughCanonUltimate TruthClear Minds Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“But it is a myth to assume that the larger amount of early stimulation you provide, the more beneficial it will be. The truth is that babies can be overstimulated--which is what many parents, intent on beginning to groom their progeny for college in the cradle, end up doing.” EndsParentCollegeBabyAmountTruth IsAssumingMythBeneficialCradleStimulationProgeny Author:Julius Segal
“We delude ourselves if we believe that skilled behavior is easy, that it can come about without effort. We forget the years of tuning, of learning and practice it takes to be skilled at even the most fundamental of human activities: eating, walking, talking, reading, and writing. It is tempting to want instant gratification - immediate expert performance and experiential pleasure - but the truth is that this primarily occurs only after considerable amounts of accretion and tuning.” IfsWantWritingYearsBelieveHumansReadingEasyForgetPleasureEffortTalkingPracticeAmountWalkingTruth IsActivityBehaviorEatingPerformancesFundamentalsInstantExpertsGratificationTemptingHuman ActivityReading And WritingTuningInstant Gratification Author:Donald A. Norman
“The real truth is, the number of convicts is too overwhelming for the means of proper and effectual punishment. I despair of any remedy but that which I wish I could hope for - a great reduction in the amount of crime.” MeanRealWishNumbersCrimeAmountTruth IsDespairPunishmentOverwhelmingRemedyReductionConvictsReal Truth Book:Sir Robert Peel: From His Private Papers Source: Sir Robert Peel: From His Private Papers
“The truth is that climate alarmism has become the most expensive, and the most wasteful, project in the history of the world. It is junk economics built on junk science. It amounts to no more than hot air, yet it looks set to beggar our grandchildren.” WorldLooksAirAmountTruth IsProjectsBuiltEconomicsHotClimateExpensiveGrandchildrenWorld HistoryJunkBeggarHot Air Author:Roger Helmer
“The average American thinks billionaire investors are going to be right based on some talking head. They invest and they have no backup plan. Americans think these guys are giant risk-takers. The truth is they believe in taking as little risk as humanly possible, for the maximum amount of upside. They're looking for that spread of disproportionate risk-reward.” ThinkingBelieveLittlesGuyTalkingPlansRiskAmountTruth IsRewardsAverageSpreadGiantsInvestorsMaximumBillionaireBackupTalking HeadsBackup Plan Author:Tony Robbins
“The investigation of the truth is in one way hard, in another easy. An indication of this is found in the fact that no one is able to attain the truth adequately, while, on the other hand, no one fails entirely, but everyone says something true about the nature of all things, and while individually they contribute little or nothing to the truth, by the union of all a considerable amount is amassed.” WayLittlesHardFactsHandsAbleFoundEasyFailingAmountTruth IsAll ThingsUnionsOne WayInvestigationIndication Author:Aristotle