Learned optimism
Learned optimism is the idea in positive psychology that a talent for joy, like any other, can be cultivated. It is contrasted with learned helplessness. Learning optimism is done by consciously challenging any negative self talk.
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John Rawls
Самый справедливый свод правил — тот, с которым согласится каждый человек, не зная заранее, какой властью он будет наделен
American Beauty
Today is the first day of the rest of your life
Remember those posters that said... "Today is the first day of the rest of your life"?
Well, that's true with every day except one the day you die.
-- Lester Burnham.
Last words of Lester Burnham
I had always heard your entire life flashes... in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second... isn't a second at all. It stretches on forever, like an ocean of time. For me, it was lying on my back... at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars. And yellow leaves from the maple trees... that lined our street. Or my grandmother's hands and the way her skin... seemed like paper. And the first time I saw my cousin Tony's... brand-new Firebird. And Janie. And Janie. And... Carolyn.
I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.
And then I remember to relax... and stop trying to hold on to it. And then it flows through me like rain, and I can't feel anything but gratitude... for every single moment... of my stupid little life.
You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure.
But don't worry.
You will someday.
-- Last words of Lester Burnham.
We are here on Earth to help others. What the others are here for, I've NO idea
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/W._H._Auden
http://youtu.be/8EUy_82IChY
Russia is not a country, Russia is a lifestyle.
http://www.youtube.com/comment?lc=TMzWZDrrTRQ5lrM7JcVsD-q\_Xd-D5Hx37kMMdf5s81c
Sometimes I do nothing, because sometimes nothing needs to be done.
-- http://nathanael.hevenet.com/dont-worry-about-your-productivity-worry-about-you/
Anagnorisis & Peripeteia
Anagnorisis (/ˌænəɡˈnɒrɨsɨs/; Ancient Greek: ἀναγνώρισις) is a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery. Anagnorisis originally meant recognition in its Greek context, not only of a person but also of what that person stood for. It was the hero's sudden awareness of a real situation, the realisation of things as they stood, and finally, the hero's insight into a relationship with an often antagonistic character in Aristotelian tragedy.
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Peripeteia /ˌpɛrəpɨˈtaɪ.ə/ (Greek: Περιπέτεια) is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point. The term is primarily used with reference to works of literature. The English form of peripeteia is peripety. Peripety is a sudden reversal dependent on intellect and logic. In modern Greek, περιπέτεια means adventure.
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Alfie (2004)
i don't depend on nobody, nobody depends on me, my life's my own ...
yeah, i used to think i'm the best end of the deal ... what have i got? really .. some money in my pocket, some nice threads, fancy car at my disposal and .. i'm single, unattached, free as a bird
i don't depend on nobody, nobody depends on me, my life's my own .... but i don't have a peace of mind .... and if you don't have that you've got nothing ... so.. what's the answer? that's what i keep asking myself .... what's it all about? .... you know what i mean?
-- Alfie
A single snowflake can bend the leaf of the bamboo
A single snowflake can bend the leaf of the bamboo
-- Chinese proverb
Serendipity
Serendipity means a "happy accident" or "pleasant surprise"; specifically, the accident of finding something good or useful without looking for it.
Can be described as : to look for a needle in a haystack and get out of it with the farmer's daughter.
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The more we attempt to know ourselves, the less we actually understand.
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/daniel-kahneman-bias-studies.html
If you don't know, please ask. If you don't agree, argue. If you don't like it, please say it. But don't sit there quite and judge me.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/116180064933757180493/posts/GUD62LuDmb9
Power is nothing without control
Power is nothing without control is the well known slogan of Pirelli Tyre Company, and is featured in numerous television and print advertisements.
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Sturgeon's Law
Nothing is always absolutely so
Sturgeon's law , is an adage commonly cited as "ninety percent of everything is crud" or "ninety percent of everything is crap" .
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when you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create.
when you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create.
Rus:
Когда ты ничего не создаёшь, тебя определяют твои вкусы, а не твои способности. Твои вкусы лишь сужают круг общения и отталкивают людей. Так что создавай.
http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/08/08/why-the-lucky-stiff-on-why-you-should-create/
Turing tarpit
Beware of the Turing tar-pit in which everything is possible but nothing of interest is easy.
—Alan Perlis, Epigrams on Programming -- Wikipedia
The only way to get smarter is by playing a smarter opponent
- Fundamentals of Chess 1885
The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look
- Julius Caesar 75 BC
Edelstein's Advice
Don't worry over what other people are thinking about you. They're too busy worrying over what you are thinking about them.
Barber's Rule
Anything worth doing is worth doing to excess.
Helga's Rule
Say no, then negotiate.
Sid's Law
You can't win them all if you don't win the first one.
Professor Block's Motto
Forgive and remember.
Anderson't Axiom
You can only be young once, but you can be immature forever.