17 Quotes Tagged: reaction

Lay not the blame on me, O sailor, but on the winds. By nature I am as calm and safe as the land itself, but the winds fall upon me with their gusts and gales, and lash me into a fury that is not natural to me.

The past is such a curious creature,
To look her in the face
A transport may reward us,
Or a disgrace.

Unarmed if any meet her,
I charge them, fly !
Her rusty ammunition
Might yet reply !

Life is not happening to you. It’s happening for you in response to what you’re saying and feeling.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

We have little power to choose what happens, but we have complete power over how we respond.

No effect occurs without cause, and no cause occurs without effect. No unjust action goes without penalty, and no action or thought flows unnoticed throughout the universe.

Creativity is the most supreme form of love. When it flows from any heart flooded by truth and light, it can change all those who encounter its seductive vibrations.

... for when a man's spirit has been thoroughly crushed, he may be peevish at small offenses, but never resentful of great ones.

I may not react right away, but I notice and I’ll remember.

Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality of existence; he observes closely, and he enjoys his observation: for it is out of these images that he interprets life, out of these processes that he trains himself for life.

There's no difference between a madman and a professor...it should be clear to you in the way they dress, act and think.

Don't wait for people to dress your bed for you, do it yourself and you'll be glad to sleep and feel relaxed.

Christian morality (so called) has all the characters of a reaction; it is, in great part, a protest against Paganism. Its ideal is negative rather than positive; passive rather than action; innocence rather than Nobleness; Abstinence from Evil, rather than energetic Pursuit of Good: in its precepts (as has been well said) 'thou shalt not' predominates unduly over 'thou shalt.

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

React with how can I help you versus how can I hurt you.