Category: Soci Thinks

I recently overheard the following fleeting and quick question and answer between two people, "Lotus like the insect, or lotus like the flower?" "Like lotus the car." Just in case you were wondering if we currently live in a culture of consumerism, capitalism, and materialism.

"Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due." - William Ralph Inge

• I wonder if worry and anxiety about a possible negative future are best turned into a grateful and hopeful mindset for what is good about today, and how positive the future could be if we dream for it.
• It may be that the things that truly affect us negatively often happen out of the blue, and we are more resilient and able to cope with those events than we realize. A grateful and hopeful mindset may help us enjoy what we have today, and make a future that is happier and better.

The world is in a better place than ever because of many people with caring hearts and intelligent minds who genuinely want to make life better.

Imagine how great people would feel if we talked glowingly about people that are living in the same way that we talk glowingly about people that are gone.

Sometimes when we're happy our life isn't as good as we think it is. Sometimes when we're sad our life isn't as bad as we think it is.

Feelings of anxiety or depression might simply mean that there is something you need to learn in order to feel more relaxed and happier.

That which does not kill us makes us live longer.

Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Teach a person to dream and they feed the world for a generation.

Brevity may be a key to improve our society.

If you think the power and magnificence of 3-6-9 is the key to the universe, just wait until you learn how to simplify things and fully realize the incredible power and simplicity of 2-4-6.

If any endeavor that doesn't last our whole life is considered a failure, then most of us would never have any successes.

It is better to be willing to be condemned by others who disagree with or don't appreciate your ideas than to live in fear and not express them at all.

Why life on earth can seem so difficult even when it's so simple could be one of the greatest mysteries of this world.

Everything is learning and learning is everything.

We may want more, but we need less.

When you say anything of extreme importance and honesty, expect others to react quickly, negatively, and defensively.

Matter not losing or failure, only learning for the future.

I wonder if one of the problems in the world today is that people seem to have a built-in resistance to saying "I don't know".

When you don't succeed, continue to proceed. The path to your goal was just too steep.

If you wouldn’t say something to someone face to face, while they chop vegetables with a sharp knife, then maybe you shouldn’t say anything at all.