#bse

Look ... first and foremost, I'm a scientist. That means it's my responsibility to make observations and gather evidence before forming a hypothesis, not vice versa. ↗

— Allen Steele

#hypotheses #hypothesis #observations #science #scientific-inquiry

You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#investigation #methods #mysteries #sherlock-holmes #trifles

By means of personal experimentation and observation, we can discover certain simple and universal truths. The mind moves the body, and the body follows the mind. Logically then, negative thought patterns harm not only the mind but also the body. What we actually do builds up to affect the subconscious mind and in turn affects the conscious mind and all reactions. ↗

— H.E. Davey

#ki #meditation #mind-and-body-unification #nakamura-tempu #negative-thoughts

There is practically no activity that cannot be enhanced or replaced by knitting, if you really want to get obsessive about it. ↗

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

#obsession #obsession

Why’s the faerie so obsessed with you anyway? You’re not that cute.” (Arianna to Evie) ↗

— Kiersten White

#obsession

If you're that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her? Humans are full of contradictions. ↗

— Ai Yazawa

#manga #murder #nana #nobuo #obsession

To have the beginning of a truly great story, you need to have a character you're completely and utterly obsessed with. Without obsession, to the point of a maddening addiction,there's no point to continue. ↗

— Jennifer Salaiz

#madness #obsession #writing #obsession

Marie, let’s suppose that two firemen go into a forest to put out a small fire. Afterwards, when they emerge and go over to a stream, the face of one is all smeared with black, while the other man’s face is completely clean. My question is this: which of the two will wash his face? That’s a silly question. The one with the dirty face of course.’ No, the one with the dirty face will look at the other man and assume that he looks like him. And, vice versa, the man with the clean face will see his colleague covered in grime and say to himself: I must be dirty too. I’d better have a wash.’ What are you trying to say?’ I’m saying that, during the time I spent in the hospital, I came to realize that I was always looking for myself in the women I loved. I looked at their lovely, clean faces and saw myself reflected in them. They, on the other hand, looked at me and saw the dirt on my face and, however intelligent or self-confident they were, they ended up seeing themselves reflected in me thinking that they were worse than they were. Please, don’t let that happen to you. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#obsession #relations #intelligence

The excitable observer will pass judgement first and then make knowledge conform to judgement; the prudent observer will first learn to know and then judge according to knowledge. ↗

— Thomas Cleary

#knowledge #observer #conformity

Minds that have withered into psychosis are far more terrifying than any character of fiction. ↗

— Christian Baloga

#bipolar #character #christian-baloga #crazy #emotional