Quotes About Negativity

In the calculus of the heart it is the ratio of positive to negative emotions that determines the sense of well- being.

Rumination can also make the depression stronger by creating conditions that are, well, more depressing.

You need the negative focus to survive, but a positive one to thrive

El estado de ánimo de las personas cuando su mente divaga tiende, hablando en términos generales, hacia lo displacentero, hasta el punto de que pensamientos con un contenido aparentemente neutro se ven ensombrecidos por una carga emocional negativa. Pareciera como si la mente errante fuese, en parte o casi totalmente, una de las causas de la infelicidad.

A negatividade foca-nos num âmbito estreito – aquilo que nos perturba. Uma regra empírica na terapia cognitiva defende que focarmo-nos nos aspetos negativos da experiência é uma receita para a depressão.

However, robust evidence shows that people systematically overestimate the probability of positive future contingencies, and underestimate the probability of negative ones — only those who are depressed or dysphoric come to accurate assessments.

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged – 'There's nothing good in my future' – I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there's an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

Let go of relationships that do not serve you. That means negative people, dishonest people, people who don't respect you, people who are overly critical and relationships that prevent you from growing. You can't grow as a person, if you don't have people in your life who want to grow with you.

Life is too short not to be happy. So make the most of simple moments. Appreciate kindness. Let go of negativity and people who bring you down.

It's amazing, the increase in grammatical errors in proportion to the level of hatred in the content of hate mail.

The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed.

Complaining begets more complaints. Anger begets more anger. And optimism begets more optimism.

La pureza es un estado negativo y por tanto contrario a la naturaleza.

Bevor man bei Sich eine Depression oder geringes Selbstwertgefühl diagnostiziert... sollte man sicher gehen, dass man nicht nur von Arschlöchern umgeben ist.

psychologist analyzed 558 emotion words—every one that he could find in the English language—and found that 62 percent of them were negative versus 38 percent positive.

What is it in us that carves negative impressions so deeply into our brains?

Avoid intense anger or hatred. Intense negative emotions rupture the protective webs, thereby attracting and enabling foreign intruders or negative elementals to overwhelm the person. As a result, the person becomes temporarily "insane" or "possessed" and does very bad things.

Sometimes, we are compelled by circumstances to interact with people who are unwholesome. Some of these people are extremely pessimistic or depressive. Although they may not be particularly negative towards you, the constant emission of pessimistic or depressive energy from them can contaminate you.

When you bless somebody with love and with what is best for him, you repel and transmute the negative thoughts that are directed to you. This is based on the Law of Repulsion that unlike qualities repel.

I hate it! I hate the air. I hate the sand. I hate the stupid people. I hate the way they work. I hate their bloody smiley bloody faces. I hate the never ending sky!

If you are surrounded by people who not only don't believe in your goals and your positive outlook on life, but who also continually try to tear you down, it will be extremely challenging for you to hold firmly in mind that you will succeed and that you can be happy.

That person who declares that there is always something wrong is always doing something to make things wrong.

A positive mind is like a powerful stream of water that is gathering volume and force from hundreds of tributaries all along its course. The further on it goes the greater its power, until when it reaches its goal, that power is simply immense. A negative mind, however, would be something like a stream, that the further it flows the more divisions it makes, until, when it reaches its goal, instead of being one powerful stream, it has become a hundred, small, weak, shallow streams.

We must also learn to respect our shadow—that part of us we try to hide so others won't know how we "really" are. This includes our negativity, sorrow, jealousy, anger, and grief.