“It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable.”
Podobne cytaty:
- As long as …
“As long as we respond predictably to what feels good and what feels bad, it is easy for others to exploit our preferences for their own ends.”
- Physical deformity, calls …
“Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.”
- Television is more …
“Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms.”
- The essence of …
“The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without. Inevitably anyone with an independent mind must become “one who resists or opposes authority or established conventions”: a rebel. If enough people come to agree with, and follow, the Rebel, we now have a Devil. Until, of course,
- It doesn’t matter …
“It doesn’t matter if people are interested. It’s about you taking your stuff and shouting out into the void.”