“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” --John Wooden
Change the Way You Look
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. --Wayne Dyer
Improving the Universe
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self. --Aldous Huxley
Suffering and Meaning
“In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.” ― Viktor E. Frankl
Dare Mighty Things
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” --Theodore Roosevelt
Education and Ignorance
“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” --Will Durant
No Solutions
“There are no solutions, only trade offs.” — Thomas Sowell
The Last of Human Freedoms
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ― Viktor E. Frankl
Suffering, Imagination, and Reality
“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” — Seneca
5 Behaviors Guaranteed to Increase Happiness: #3 of 5
“View yourself as actively capable of making changes in your life, rather than as a passive, helpless victim. Make use of your own agency. Take responsibility for being the architect of much of your own misery, and choose to build success instead.” —Dr. Stephen Marmer; December 9, 2022; The Dennis Prager Show
5 Behaviors Guaranteed to Increase Happiness: #2 of 5
“Keep positive thoughts and perceptions about others, even when they disappoint you.” —Dr. Stephen Marmer; December 9, 2022; The Dennis Prager Show
Tragedy and Regret
We ought not conflate the pain of tragedy with the suffering of regret. Pain is inevitable; suffering is gratuitous. Tragedy is the painful experience of acknowledging an unfortunate reality. Regret is the experience of acknowledging an unrealized opportunity that could have led to avoiding an unfortunate reality. —Steven R. Hobbs
The Art of Being Happy
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. --Henry Ward Beecher
We See
We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are. --Anais Nin
Happiness and Action
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” --Dalai Lama
Decent and Indecent
“From all this we may learn that there are two races of men in this world, but only these two - the ‘race’ of the decent man and the ‘race’ of the indecent man. Both are found everywhere; they penetrate into all groups of society. No group consists entirely of decent or indecent people.” --Viktor E. Frankl
Pessimist, Optimist, Realist
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” --William Arthur Ward
Regret
Regret is the experience of acknowledging an unrealized opportunity that could have led to avoiding an unfortunate reality. —Steven R. Hobbs
He Who Knows Best
“He who knows best knows how little he knows.” —Thomas Jefferson
Bad Attitude
“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” --Scott Hamilton