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We should open ourselves to the impossible and embrace a psychology of possibility.


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Stress is a function not of events, but of our view of those events.

Stress is a function not of events, but of our view of those events.



Life consists only of moments, nothing more than that. So if you make the moment matter, it all matters

Life consists only of moments, nothing more than that. So if you make the moment matter, it all matters



Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility.

Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility.



What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see.

What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see.



Not only do we as individuals get locked into single-minded views, but we also reinforce these views for each other until the culture itself suffers the same mindlessness.

Not only do we as individuals get locked into single-minded views, but we also reinforce these views for each other until the culture itself suffers the same mindlessness.



People are at their most mindful when they are at play. If we find ways of enjoying our work blurring the lines between work and play the gains will be greater.

People are at their most mindful when they are at play. If we find ways of enjoying our work blurring the lines between work and play the gains will be greater.



When people are not in the moment, they're not there to know that they're not there.

When people are not in the moment, they're not there to know that they're not there.



The rules you were given were the rules that worked for the person who created them.

The rules you were given were the rules that worked for the person who created them.



Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at them, envy them, steal from them.

Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at them, envy them, steal from them.



Wherever you put the mind, the body will follow.

Wherever you put the mind, the body will follow.





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That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it.

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This page presents the quote "We should open ourselves to the impossible and embrace a psychology of possibility.". Author of this quote is Ellen Langer. This quote is about embrace, encouragement, impossible, possibility, psychology, growth,.