Quotes About Clinging

Confirmation Bias, which had been demonstrated time and again in numerous experiments. Once we formed an opinion or took a position, be it in politics, the worthiness of a television show, or global warming, we tended to filter new data, seizing on anything that agreed with our position and dismissing or ignoring anything contrary, no matter how valid. We would cling to our positions, even in the face of what should be incontrovertible evidence against them.

Clinging uncritically to traditional ideas and beliefs often serves to obscure or deny real facts of our life history.

Bitterness is a result of clinging to negative experiences. It serves you no good, and closes the door to your future.

The chance to profit from corruption is why many authoritarian leaders seize and cling to power.

whose sons would cling bold to the craggy heights of war

Sudden revulsion seized Amory, disgust, loathing for the whole incident. He desired frantically to be away, never to see Myra again, never to kiss anyone; he became conscious of his face and hers, of their clinging hands, and he wanted to creep out of his body and hide somewhere safe out of sight, up in the corner of his mind.

And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there.

from a blow. His yellow eyes clung to von Hallstatt. He desperately

There are three kinds of power,--wealth, strength, and talent; but as old age always weakens, often destroys, the two latter, the aged are induced to cling with the greater avidity to the former.

terror, and clinging with her hands to the wall to avoid falling. Every one drew back, and the man in the red cloak remained standing alone in the middle of the room. Oh, grace, grace, pardon! cried the wretch, falling on her knees. The unknown waited for silence, and then resumed, I told you well that she would know

What we're seeing "out there" is the projection of where we're at--the projection of the clingings of our minds.

I'm sorry for my inability to let unimportant things go, for my inability to hold on to the important things.

I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, that they will be forced to deal with pain." David

So spend some time seeing each of the things you cling to for what it really is, a nightmare that causes you excitement and pleasure on the one hand but also worry, insecurity, tension, anxiety, fear, unhappiness on the other.

Your life as it is now: nightmare. Every single thing you cling to and have convinced yourself you cannot be happy without: nightmare.

En primer lugar, tus apegos: inevitablemente, siempre prestarás atención a lo que favorece o pone en peligro dichos apegos, y fingirás no ver lo demás. Lo demás

Si quieres verlas tal como ellas son, debes prestar atención a tus apegos y a los miedos que tales apegos engendran. Porque, cuando encaras la vida, son esos apegos y esos miedos los que deciden qué es lo que tienes que ver y lo que tienes que ignorar. Y sea cual sea lo que veas, ello va a absorber tu atención.

Where there is 'freedom from' without corresponding interrelationship, there is the anxiety of the defiant and isolated individual. Where there is dependence without freedom, there is the anxiety of the clinging person who cannot live outside a symbiosis.

It is always pathetic to watch the efforts a man makes to cling to a straw, especially when one is oneself the straw.

It is only in the peach innocence of youth that life is at its crest on top of the wheel. And there being only life, the young cling to it, they fear death... And they should! ...For they are in life.

It's hard to let go anything we love. We live in a world which teaches us to clutch. But when we clutch we're left with a fistful of ashes.

I do not want to spend my life clinging stubbornly to wispy memories of a happiness that may have never been.

Desire is a teacher: When we immerse ourselves in it without guilt, shame, or clinging, it can show us something special about our own minds that allows us to embrace life fully.

all I could think was how when nothing made sense and hadn't for ages, you just have to grab onto anything you feel sure of. So as I felt his fingers loosening around my wrist, I just wrapped my own around them, tight, and held on