Quotes About Thoughts

Spotted Park Bench I am a park bench. Ordinary words cannot express my thoughts on birds.

There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.

Grammarians make no new thoughts, but thoughts make new grammar.

If you're always thinking pessimistic thoughts, pessimism will taint your mind. You will never be able to be happy.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have it depends solely on what you think.

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have it depends solely upon what you think.

It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.

Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.

What happens entirely in my head, including my thoughts and beliefs, is nobody's business but my own. But when I put thoughts or beliefs into action, I have to consider the impact on others, especially those whose thoughts and beliefs differ from my own. This

Meadow found it riveting: what machines of comforting delusions we humans are. Our language, our words, our ever treading minds and interior thoughts, all of these to make an architecture of lies that even we almost believe. No wonder the world is such a mean place, each of us judging one another without seeing our own terrible cruelties.

Anger has a way of seeping into every other emotion and planting itself in there.

He had a rich, deep baritone voice, and he knew how to use it. To drown out all thoughts. To drown out other voices. To drown out sounds that she didn't want him to hear, to drown out sounds he knew she didn't want him to hear—

It's not events, but our opinions about them, which cause us suffering." Ellis

thoughts (ANTs) and talk back to them, you begin to take away their power and gain control over your moods. Kill the ANTs by feeding your emotional anteater. The "kill the ANTs/feed your anteater" exercise is for whenever you feel anxious, nervous, depressed, or frazzled. Here are some examples of ways to kill these ANTs:

Mastering your mind and gaining separation or psychological distance from the noise in your head is essential to protecting happiness.

Part of living in the present means not worrying about the future, which will kill your happiness every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Worrying may be second nature to many, but most of us are not aware of how much we dwell on fearful thoughts. Research shows that happy people worry far less often than unhappy people do.

Where you bring your attention always determines how you feel.

I learned that my thoughts create my feelings; my feelings create my behaviors; and eventually my behaviors create my outcomes in relationships, work, finances, and how healthy I am physically and emotionally. If I could separate myself from my thoughts and look at them dispassionately, then I could feel and act in a more consistently happy way over time.

Taking care of the gut starts in the brain, where annoying, exasperating, enraging, or furious thoughts gather like storm clouds and cause a rise in your sympathetic nervous system. This invariably leads to muscle tension, higher blood pressure, sweaty palms, cold hands and feet, irregular heart rhythm, confused thinking, and gut and immune system problems.

Years of research show that "distanced self-talk" can help someone gain some psychological distance from intrusive thoughts, helping them better regulate their emotions, self-control, and wisdom.[10] People are better able to handle negative emotions and intense situations, even if they previously struggled to manage their feelings or behavior.

Is it true? (Is the stressful or negative thought true?) 2. Can I absolutely know that it's true? 3. How do I react when I believe that thought? 4. Who would I be without the thought? Or, how would I feel if I didn't have the thought?

What is the conceptual tie that binds anxiety and planning? Both, of course, are intimately connected to thinking about the future.