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Psychological wealth includes life satisfaction, the feeling that life is full of meaning, a sense of engagement in interesting activities, the pursuit… — Ed Diener Copy Share Image
Cognitive skills such as big-picture thinking and long-term vision were particularly important. But when I calculated the ratio of technical skills, IQ,… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about. That's not… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
It's an ego issue. You can bruise my ego but all bruises are healed now. Ego is through the roof again, confidence… — Joe Warren Copy Share Image
The secret of the creative life is how to feel at ease with your own embarrassment. We're all in the dirty laundry… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
Emotional dependence is the opposite of emotional strength. It means needing to have others to survive, wanting others to "do it for… — Sue Thoele Copy Share Image
When one read's Kierkegaard's profound analyses of anxiety and despair or Nietzsche's amazingly acute insights into the dynamics of resentment and the… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
For any true stickler, you see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
You are suffering from an ailment that affects ladies of romantic imaginations. Symptoms include fainting, weariness, loss of appetite, low spirits. While… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
For a lot of people, one of the reasons they don't like to work for founders of startups is that they can… — Lynn Jurich Copy Share Image
Notice what happens when you doubt, suppress, or act contrary to your feelings. You will observe decreased energy, powerless or helpless feelings,… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
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As her demeaning grips became tighter His emotional and mental well being lowered Well his heart bled and his soul began to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not only is [a half marathon] a good test for the marathon, it is also good for those who feel they were… — Grete Waitz Copy Share Image
Priority-wise, it simply makes sense to take care of yourself before you start searching for a higher meaning. You aren't much good… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
When you have an emotional reaction to what you see, you are judging. That is your signal that you have an issue… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
I am not against standardized tests. There are tests and tests and tests, and, to simplify, the ones I favor are criterion-referenced… — Nicholas Lemann Copy Share Image
I believe that it may be normal, healthy, and even productive to experience mild to moderate depression from time to time as… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I think the reason that swearing is both so offensive and so attractive is that it is a way to push people's… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
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The most important, the longest lasting, the strongest emotional, and the most practiced memories are the ones that are embedded the deepest… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
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There are records that you just sink into. They coincide with what you’re going through and become an ally. If our records… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
Mothers have not always had the most important role in their children's upbringing, when they had other economic roles to play. Inpast… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
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In our childhoods we either get all the social and emotional and ethical skills we need to be well adjusted adults, or… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
Indian actors, because of the format of our stories, need to be good actors, and be able to perform emotional sequences, do… — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
The demons of the Devil don't use your weak weaknesses against you, they use your strong ones. If you're rational and logical,… — Aidan Chambers Copy Share Image
Conscious parenting is a new paradign shift in the way we look at our roles as parents. It's turning the spot light… — Shefali Tsabary Copy Share Image
Nature or, that which I see, inspires me, puts me, as with any painter, in an emotional state so that an urge… — Piet Mondrian Copy Share Image
It has always seemed to me that the only painless death must be that which takes the intelligence by violent surprise and… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Our relationship with sleep is currently in crisis, but we're also living in a golden age of sleep science - revealing all… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
We cannot talk with [animals] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels.… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
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Everyone on the Left has a favorite story that allows them to kind of excuse Reagan, explain away Reagan, say he was… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
I love you too much to lie to you, Lisey. I love you with all that passes for my heart. I suspect… — Stephen King Copy Share Image