psychology

Nature is like a genie that answers exactly the question we pose, not necessarily the one we intend to ask.

“A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions,” said Oliver Wendell Holmes.

It’s the backwards law again: the more you try to be certain about something, the more uncertain and insecure you will feel. But the converse is true as well: the more you embrace being uncertain and not knowing, the more comfortable you will feel in knowing what you don’t know.

The difference between a healthy and an unhealthy relationship comes down to two things: 1) how well each person in the relationship accepts responsibility, and 2) the willingness of each person to both reject and be rejected by their partner.

‘Many persons call a doctor when all they want is an audience.’

feeling stupid for not having understood something before just shows that you are now cleverer than you were then.

How can a man practice in transcending his conscious mind into the subconscious? Create without thought. Just pour our immediate meaning through expression.

Subtlety #3: Whether you realize it or not, you are always choosing what to give a fuck about.

A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor, we will be more successful if we provide a reason.