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Ellen Langer Quotes: 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.


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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.



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.



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

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





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Reach deep within, and reconnect with the essence of your being.

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As long as we rationalize nuclear weapons as "necessary" in order to save American lives, then nuclear weapons will never be gotten rid of.



May I examine my mind in all actions and as soon as a negative state occurs, since it endangers myself and others, may I firmly face and avert it.

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Justice is that which is practiced by God himself, and to be practiced in its perfection by none but him. Omniscience and omnipotence are requisite for the full exertion of it.

Justice is that which is practiced by God himself, and to be practiced in its perfection by none but him. Omniscience and omnipotence are requisite for the full exertion of it.



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