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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 2514787 | A wave of grayness covered over the monastery. The breeze grew stronger, and the dance of the waters began upon the walls. Like a beaded curtain, the rain covered that open end of the porch at which they stared. | Roger Zelazny | ||
| b0decd2 | Starting and quitting the DOS Shell Changing the display in the DOS Shell Moving between different parts of the shell Copying files in the shell Deleting files in the shell Moving files in the shell Renaming files in the shell Finding a lost file by using the shell Changing from one drive to another Changing from one directory to another Running programs in the shell DOS comes with an easy-to-use (yeah, right) shell program. The word shell .. | John Wiley and Sons | ||
| ded51fc | The biggest danger that most couples face is boredom. | John Wiley and Sons | ||
| 2b15e66 | Enlightened self-interest is about putting yourself first most of the time and one, two or a small handful of selected others a very close second. | John Wiley & Sons | ||
| 1283aad | Sometimes, life's just plain unfair. Sometimes, people treat you unjustly and nothing gets done to put the balance right. Bad things happen to the nicest of people, and people who don't seem to have done a deserving thing in their lives get a winning ticket. On top of being unfair, life's unpredictable and uncertain a great deal of the time. And really, that's just the way life is. What can you do? You can whine and moan and make yourself t.. | John Wiley & Sons | ||
| a328546 | everywhere | John Wiley and Sons | ||
| 80ac165 | hours." "I need longer than nineteen minutes," Jennifer said, running to the bathroom. "You already have on your combat gear, stupid head!" Carrie shouted from the loft. Laughing at Carrie, Lance looked over at Ian as he headed to the stairs. "Will you get the ARs we put together for Denny, Lori, and the one the ladybugs wanted for Jodi?" Lance asked, reaching the stairs. "They haven't even met the girl and" | Thomas A. Watson | ||
| 848e23a | One of the most important tasks of any therapist is to help depressed patients find the courage and determination to resist and fight these hopeless feelings. This battle is often fierce and rarely easy, but nearly always rewarding in the long run. | David D. Burns | ||
| 766f097 | My life was as crammed with strenuous work and highly interesting experiences alike. | Alexandra Kollontai | ||
| abf6898 | If you can answer yes, then you are clearly motivated to change. You will probably succeed in gaining greater inner peace and self-esteem, and you will increase your effectiveness in life. This | David D. Burns | ||
| 853ce9f | In one sense, depression can feel even worse than cancer, because most cancer patients feel hope as well as self-esteem. | David D. Burns | ||
| 9945f64 | Ask people for suggestions on how to improve, and if they're going to reject you for being imperfect, let them do it and get it over with. | David D. Burns | ||
| a2ebe5b | And most important, nobody could love or relate to you. It would be impossible to feel any love for someone who was flawless and knew it all. Doesn't that sound lonely, boring, and miserable? Are you so sure you still want perfection? Part V Defeating Hopelessness and Suicide | David D. Burns | ||
| edbcc1b | I suspect you will find that a great many of your negative feelings are in fact based on such thinking errors. | David D. Burns | ||
| bb40faf | So remember three crucial steps when you are upset: Zero in on those automatic negative thoughts and write them down. Don't let them buzz around in your head; snare them on paper! Read over the list of ten cognitive distortions. Learn precisely how you are twisting things and blowing them out of proportion. Substitute a more objective thought that puts the lie to the one which made you look down on yourself. As you do this, you'll begin to .. | David D. Burns | ||
| 4d251d2 | McCutchen knew a demon when he saw one, and he'd burn it out of the Catholic Hills like he'd burned it out of Matamoros years ago. | David Mark Brown | ||
| d97fc23 | It did not eliminate the tumor, but it did restore her missing self-esteem, and that made all the difference in the way she felt. | David D. Burns | ||
| 798df12 | It would be nice if I could make my wife happy now because she seems upset. I can ask what she's upset about and see if there might be a way I could help." Or instead of "I shouldn't have eaten the ice cream," you can say, "It would have been better if I hadn't eaten the ice cream, but it's not the end of the world that I did." | David D. Burns | ||
| 6fb827c | Should statements based on the premise you are all-powerful assume that, like God, you are omnipotent and have the ability to control yourself and other people so as to achieve each and every goal. You | David D. Burns | ||
| c90b61a | Some encouraging studies suggest that the answer may be yes. Dr. Isaac Marks, from the Institute of Psychiatry at the University of London, has shown that many individuals can overcome anxiety disorders using CBT techniques without face-to-face psychotherapy or medications. I'm hopeful that this book will prove just as effective for people with anxiety as Feeling Good has been for people struggling with depression. However, no | David D. Burns | ||
| c53e38b | People who are prone to anxiety are nearly always people-pleasers who fear conflict and negative feelings like anger. When you feel upset, you sweep | David D. Burns | ||
| bb2f83e | my anger directed toward someone who has knowingly, intentionally, and unnecessarily acted in a hurtful manner? 2. Is my anger useful? Does it help me achieve a desired goal or does it simply defeat me? | David D. Burns | ||
| a275fcd | Jeffrey discovered that the truth was the opposite of what he'd always believed. He'd always tried to keep his weaknesses and vulnerabilities hidden because he thought they were so shameful. But in spite of all his wealth, power, and success, Jeffrey had never really gotten close to people or discovered any inner peace or happiness. In contrast, his human, vulnerable | David D. Burns | ||
| c19d244 | To believe that you can be captain of your own life is to suffer the sin of pride. What is pride? These days the word "pride" has positive connotations. It means feeling good about yourself and the things associated with you. When we use it negatively, we think of the arrogant person, someone who is puffed up and egotistical, boasting and strutting about. But that is not really the core of pride. That is just one way the disease of pride pr.. | David Brooks | ||
| bd76f54 | Your orbit is certainly big and fancy in comparison with mine. But I don't understand how that makes you a better person than I am, or how it follows that I'm inferior to you. | David D. Burns | ||
| c8e6e1b | This verse just came to my mind yesterday while sitting in the train... 'Pursue ... overtake ... and ... recover all.' 1 Samuel 30:8 When King David and his men returned home from battle, they discovered that the Amalekites had burned their homes to the ground and taken their families prisoner. They were devastated. They wept until they'd no tears left. Then God spoke to them and said, 'Pursue ... overtake ... and ... recover all.' And with.. | best-motivational-quotes inspirational-life-quotes inspirational-quotes-about-life inspirational-quotes-for-work inspirational-quotes-of-the-day life-quotes life-quotes-inspirational-quotes motivational-quotes quotes-about-life quotes-of-the-day-motivational quotes-on-life | Patience Johnson | |
| b2cad86 | Many research studies, as well as my own clinical experience, have confirmed that severely depressed patients who appear very "biologically" depressed with lots of physical symptoms often respond rapidly to cognitive therapy alone without any drugs.5" | David D. Burns | ||
| 060dfcb | How long should we wait before we decide whether or not a person has developed a clinical depression during his or her life? Suppose, for example, that an individual with a strong family history of depression dies in an auto accident at the age of twenty-one without ever having had an episode of clinical depression. We might conclude that she or he did not inherit the tendency for depression. But if that individual had not died, she or he m.. | David D. Burns | ||
| fe3cef0 | We must set the precedent for justice and accountability before fascists do. | Alexandra Rojas | ||
| 8c273e7 | do you want to do the exercises here where you can sit in the kitchen chair, or in the living room so you can slump on the couch after?" "Oh, living room, definitely. Closer to the scotch too," David muttered as he stood and walked in that direction, ignoring the small smile he'd seen on Trace's face. He collapsed on the couch, telling himself to grow up. Being a big baby would annoy Trace, who'd leave, and where would that leave him and hi.. | makes-me-laugh-every-time physical-therapy slow-burn-friendship | Rhianne Aile | |
| ffdab40 | I just feel so guilty." Her stinging eyes burned with fresh tears. "I don't know why I can't ... I can't..." "Make love to him?" She nodded. "Let him see you?" She nodded again, tears sliding down her face. She mopped them up with the wet tissue she'd wadded in her fist. "Are you scared he won't love you anymore, after he's seen how you look now?" her dad asked gently. "No." "Are you scared he won't be attracted to you anymore? That he won'.. | mastectomy | Varian Krylov | |
| 15ce925 | No one has a moral or legal obligation to credit me for my cleverness or praise my good efforts on their behalf. | David D. Burns | ||
| 9794499 | Characteristics of Healthy, Constructive Anger Characteristics of Unhealthy, Destructive Anger 1. You express your feelings in a tactful way. 1. You deny your feelings and pout (passive aggression) or lash out and attack the other person (active aggression). 2. You try to see the world through the other person's eyes, even if you disagree. 2. You argue defensively and insist there's no validity in what the other person is saying. 3. You con.. | David D. Burns | ||
| 06db98e | In fact, you may even find that there are many times when it was more enjoyable to be alone, and you might discover that the highest ratings you received when you were alone were equal to or higher than those for activities involving others. | David D. Burns | ||
| 42bd7b5 | The increased risk for bipolar illness among identical twins is even true if the identical twins are separated at birth and raised by different families. Although the adoption of identical twins by separate families is rare, it does happen on occasion. In some cases, scientists have been able to locate the twins later in life to determine how similar or different they are. These "natural" experiments can tell us a great deal about the relat.. | David D. Burns | ||
| 34306e0 | Refer to Table 3-1 over and over again as you learn about the various methods for mood modification. When you become familiar with these ten forms of distortion, you will benefit from this knowledge all your life. | David D. Burns | ||
| 89ffa80 | now ready for the trash. Your lack of self-esteem might even culminate in a suicide attempt, the ultimate payment for measuring your worth exclusively by the standards of the marketplace. Do you | David D. Burns | ||
| 14e691a | know about the brain's hardware and software. How does the firing of a nerve or a series of nerves get translated into a thought or a feeling? This is one of the deepest mysteries of science, as amazing to me as questions about the origin of the universe. | David D. Burns | ||
| 8946c67 | Chronic Worrying. You constantly worry about your family, health, career, or finances. Your stomach churns, and it seems as if something bad is about to happen, but you can't figure out exactly what the problem is. * Fears and Phobias. You may be afraid of needles, blood, heights, elevators, driving, flying, water, spiders, snakes, dogs, storms, bridges, or getting trapped in closed spaces. * Performance Anxiety. You freeze up whenever you .. | David D. Burns | ||
| 6344649 | For example, if you feel sad or depressed, you're probably telling yourself that you've lost someone you love or something important to your sense of self-esteem. If you feel guilty or ashamed, you're telling yourself that you're bad or that you've violated your own personal values. If | David D. Burns | ||
| 7755d06 | Sleeping on a plank has one advantage -- it encourages early rising. | Alexandre Dumas | ||
| 7e4d063 | Absolutes do not exist in this universe. If you try to force your experiences into absolute categories, you will be constantly depressed because your perceptions will not conform to reality. You will set yourself up for discrediting yourself endlessly because whatever you do will never measure up to your exaggerated expectations. The technical name for this type of perceptual error is "dichotomous thinking." You see everything as black or w.. | David D. Burns | ||
| ddd2748 | When you confront the monster you fear the most, you'll defeat your fears. | fear fears monster monsters | David D. Burns | |
| 136fed8 | You'd probably start laughing because you'd realize that your fears had been the result of a gigantic cosmic joke that had persisted throughout all of your previous reincarnations. | courage fear fears laughter reincarnation scared | David D. Burns |