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Quote About Reading by Confucius

Joi — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:50:56 +0000

“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” - Confucius I write a lot of book reviews on Self Help Daily. I’ve noticed that books seem to be getting better than ever. There really have been some remarkable books published over the [...]

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Why Reading, Alone, Isn’t the Best Mental Workout

Joi — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:07:34 +0000

Einstein PosterBuy at AllPosters.com Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. – Albert Einstein This quote kind of seems to fly in the face of everything we’ve clung to [...]

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Keeping Small Issues Where They Belong

Joi — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:24:45 +0000

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things. – John Burroughs The quote above is a lesson in self improvement, self help, stress management, health, and happiness. I think everyone should write this quote down on an index card and place it in the place [...]

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Self Growth Generally Doesn’t Happen in a Recliner

Joi — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:59:26 +0000

This morning I went about my normal, blissful, much-beloved morning routine. I fed my inside cat, Alexa. I fed my outside cat Ming Li and tried to catch a site of Ming Li’s kittens and baby daddy. The daddy (Jet Li) was nowhere to be found, but the adorable babies were running amok. Then I [...]

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Out With the Negative and In With the Positive

Joi — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:49:00 +0000

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is therefore not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle I’ve been thinking a great deal about habits lately. The addition of a new, positive habit and the continued battle with a not so positive one started the train of thought. A couple of days ago, I found [...]

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What We Can Learn From Dogs – Yes, Dogs

Joi — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:40:26 +0000

The Dog Art PrintPicasso, PabloBuy at AllPosters.com The following was included in an e-mail I recently received. Unfortunately, I don’t have any idea whatsoever who wrote it. It’s too good not to pass along, though. WHAT WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM DOGS: Remember, if a dog was the teacher you would learn things like: When [...]

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A Collection of Powerful Quotes About Depression

Joi — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:32:17 +0000

Buy at AllPosters.com The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape. – Leonard Cohen Depression is rage spread thin. – George Santayana Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts. – Penelope Sweet Remember [...]

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How to Know if What You’re Feeling is Depression

Joi — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:48:16 +0000

In the same way that when most of us say we’re “starving,” we’re simply hungry – many people say they’re depressed when they’re simply feeling down. Generally, it’s a feeling that’s the result of something that has happened in their life, and when enough time passes, the feelings will heal. While feeling sad is a horrible feeling that [...]

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Taking the Power Away From Fear

Joi — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:40:06 +0000

Fear- Eleanor Roosevelt MagnetBuy at AllPosters.com I‘ve been thinking about fear a lot lately. I came, literally, face to forked tongue with my greatest fear a few days ago. Thanks be to God we were separated by the glass door in our home office or I may have fainted dead away. My fear of these [...]

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One Of My Favorite Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

Joi — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:55:26 +0000

One Of My Favorite Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes is a post from: The Mind and the Brain Related posts: Martin Luther King, Jr. – A Life that Ended Much too Soon A Favorite Quote Art of Living © TMFC for The Mind and the Brain, 2008. | Permalink | No comment | Add to [...]

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