You know that saying 'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing'? That's so true of positive psychology. Our latest research tells us… — Barbara Fredrickson Copy Share Image
I just don't think it's healthy to only have one pursuit, even if it's a seemingly positive thing. You can do a… — George Harrar Copy Share Image
The mystery of the Christian life is that Christ expects us to flee sin and the devil, but does not expect us… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Fishing is a quest for knowledge and wonder as much as a pursuit of fish; it is as much an acquaintance with… — Paul Schullery Copy Share Image
Adam Smith was not a big fan of the pursuit of fame and fortune. His view of what we truly want, of… — Russ Roberts Copy Share Image
From where does this "I" arise? Seek for it within; it then vanishes. This is the pursuit of wisdom. When the mind… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Everything you say; every thought you entertain; and everything you do has a direction, which serves as an advance or a retreat… — Gary Ryan Copy Share Image
Just to live in the country is a full-time job. You don't have to do anything. The idle pursuit of making a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
I didn't know the odds were so stacked against me. I went for TV shows and never got them. But I kept… — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
Fashion was the only law, pleasure the only pursuit, and the splendour of dress and furniture was the only distinction of the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
My science teachers always encouraged their classes to 'go out and discover something' because all scientific endeavors depend on observation and experimentation.… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
A human life is defined by its relationship with others: by its duty to its species. In the face of this duty,… — Matthew Woodring Stover Copy Share Image
The real wealth of a nation is its people. And the purpose of development is to create an enabling environment for people… — Mahbub ul Haq Copy Share Image
By letting go of dieting, I free up mental and emotional room. I have more space, I can move. The pursuit of… — Sallie Tisdale Copy Share Image
The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
“Life, liberty and the pursuit of happy hour, the long weekend, the all-inclusive island resort, the sunny beach vacation. Happiness is somewhere… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging Soviet expansion and rendering the world more… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
No matter how many possessions we acquire, they will not provide us with any lasting happiness and freedom. On the contrary, it… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
It is easier for an artful Man, who is not in Love, to persuade his Mistress he has a Passion for her,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Persons who reach the higher rungs in business management, selling, engineering, religious work, writing, acting, and in every other pursuit get there… — David J. Schwartz Copy Share Image
Real peace comes only when you stop chasing it. When you relax your driving desire for comfort, real fulfillment arises. When you… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The life of Zen begins, therefore, in a disillusion with the pursuit of goals which do not really exist the good without… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Different men have different names, which they owe to their parents or to themselves, that is, to their own pursuits and achievements.… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy-indifference from whatever cause, not from a lack of knowledge, but… — William Osler Copy Share Image
It is natural that we face obstacles in pursuit of our goals. But if we remain passive, making no effort to solve… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“There is any amount of love and good in the world, but you must search for it. Being misunderstood is one of… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
I would not, if I could, give up the memory of the joy I have had in books for any advantage that… — Margaret Elizabeth Sangster Copy Share Image
Late in the afternoon we passed a man on the shore fishing with a long birch pole… The characteristics and pursuits of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world - mental and material - in which we live, is not a… — Archibald Hill Copy Share Image
Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
It would have been cruel in Miss Havisham, horribly cruel, to practise on the susceptibility of a poor boy, and to torture… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness means that each of us is free to go our own way,… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Edgar Degas's famous sculpture, 'Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,' served as my muse for 'The Painted Girls.' I came upon a television documentary… — Cathy Marie Buchanan Copy Share Image
“This pursuit requires sustained, vigorous effort. It allows for no indolence, no lethargy, no halfhearted commitment, and no laissez- faire attitude toward… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
I won't have the sacks of a Mark Gastineau and I won't get all those pursuit tackles. Our responsibilities are different. He's… — Howie Long Copy Share Image
Sisterhood is powerful. Woman can support each other as women, in their pursuit for enlightenment or anything else, without fear. But as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious… — James Nasmyth Copy Share Image
