Quotes About Reaction

For this reason, doctors are seldom outraged when the press reports yet another medical horror story. They usually have a different reaction: That could be me.

And if blushing serves to heighten such sensitivity, this may be to one's ultimate advantage.

Embarrassment causes blushing, and blushing causes embarrassment—so what makes the cycle stop?

I sank into my seat, my face hot.

Their story drew a heated response.

The patient gave me a look.

Are you saying," he asked slowly, "that I rose in your estimation when you found that I wanted you?" "Of course." "That's not the reaction of most people to being wanted." "It isn't." "Most people feel that they rise in their own eyes, if others want them." "I feel that others live up to me, if they want me....

The experience of nirvana marks a turning point in an individual's life, not a final and immutable goal. After the experience one knows that one is free not to act on the impulses that naturally arise in reaction to a given situation.

Go for the knees, throat, and eyes And I did. And I really hurt Sean. And then I started crying.

failure at one point could throw the momentum out of balance and result in chaos. All in that room were aware

Why does she have to be such a...such a... Go on, I said. The truth is never cussing, Son. Such a bitch!

Silence - best answer for all the questions does certainly be, Your smile - best reaction to all the life's situations positively.[228] - 4 (Thoughts)

To react, is to be A slave to someone else's actions. Sometimes, A warrior is faced with the decision to strike pre-emptively, trusting his intuition, wisdom and years of training

... Every circumstance in life, no matter how crooked and distorted and ugly it appears to be, if it is reacted to in love and forgiveness and obedience to your will can be transformed.

It's a real primal thing, watching someone get hurt. It's funny and accessible.

So who is cruel? You, cruel reader, you are.

awkward tears or nodding silent

She swore loudly and slammed the rig into reverse, steering it round the garage,

I liked the way he turned his face and looked at me with amusement, like I had somehow turned it to be so much more than he had expected.

I have panicked unnecessarily in all four corners of the globe.

When avoidance becomes pervasive, it is known as phobia. Phobias develop in different ways. A phobic reaction is one in which a person feels his environment has let him down. As essential component is a perceived loss of control.

What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance. EPICTETUS, 1st–2nd century

The bottom line is that human minds, like animal minds, are constantly reacting intuitively to everything they perceive, and basing their responses on those reactions. Within the first second of seeing, hearing, or meeting another person, the elephant has already begun to lean toward or away, and that lean influences what you think and do next. Intuitions come first.

Or might that framework itself alter a student's reactions to ancient texts, creating a feeling of threat and a stress response to what otherwise would have been experienced merely as discomfort or dislike?