“I must stop remembering... The more I remember, the greater my agony. These thoughts stuttered in my mind... I must be more… — Sonali Deraniyagala Copy Share Image
Avoidance of experiences is a fixation and it binds you to the world, it binds you to the personal self. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Self-questioning and self-identification go hand in hand. It is surprising how little life changes. Most of the days that we spend working,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I cover my face with my arms because this isn't happening. It isn't possible.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
We have two strategies for coping; the way of avoidance or the way of attention. — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
“This is the problem about thinking about something else to take your mind off something. It works for a little while, but… — Marcelo Figueras Copy Share Image
The really important thing in life is not the avoidance of mistakes, but the obedience of faith. By obedience, the man is… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
The American Dream, the idea of the happy ending, is an avoidance of responsibility and commitment. — Jill Robinson Copy Share Image
To the elitist hedonist, life is the avoidance of boredom and routine. — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Christ did not die to make good works merely possible or to produce a half-hearted pursuit. He died to produce in us… — John Piper Copy Share Image
To discover a system for the avoidance of war is a vital need of our civilisation. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Once well underground, you know exactly where you are. Nothing can happen to you, and nothing can get at you. You're entirely… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
[High income tax rates] not only check consumption but discourage investment and encourage...the avoidance of taxes [rather] than the production of goods.[...]Our… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A gentleman's taste in dress is upon principle, the avoidance of all things extravagant. It consists in the quiet simplicity of exquisite… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Self-denial is taught much better by inspiring the love of our neighbor, than by the prohibition of innocent comforts and pleasures. Spirituality… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t until I slowed the car and rolled down the windows that I realized I spend most of my days driving… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Competition is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get… — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
The problem is that every study I'm aware of, which is probably not that many, has indicated that a dollar spent in… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
“The ‘easy way’ is our laziness trying to find a solution by ‘working hard’ to side-step the problem.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Living with life is very hard. Mostly we do our best to stifle life--to be tame or to be wanton. To be… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Right at the core, the mainstream has it backwards. Warren Buffett often quips that the first rule of investing is to not… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Intellectual labor is a common technique for the avoidance of thinking. — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
“My mother's mouth drops. 'Emmy...don't say those things Emmy. Remember, we don't talk about those things.' 'Yes Mom. I remember. That's why… — Emily Andrews Copy Share Image