#ear

Remember, the only thing to fear is Fear, and - well, don't even fear Fear, for he's a cowardly chap at the best, who will run if you show a brave front. ↗

— William W. Atkinson

#goals #mental-science #science

The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile. ↗

— Hans Selye

#science #science

Why couldn't my heart have picked him? Life would have been so much easier." "Because hearts are ornery, sneaky little bastards, designed to cause misery. They want what they want, and they don't give a damn about what would make life easier or harder for the heart's owner." Della snapped. ↗

— C.C. Hunter

#della #heartbreak #love #design

An event in the present evokes past sensations. But science couldn't explain how a foolish heart had the power to overrule common sense. ↗

— Susan Wiggs

#events #heart #science

It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses. ↗

— Colette

#curiosity #flowers #friendly #friends #grief

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart. ↗

— Phil Jackson

#always #compassionate #heart #keep #mind

Even if she be not harmed, her heart may fail her in so much and so many horrors; and hereafter she may suffer--both in waking, from her nerves, and in sleep, from her dreams. ↗

— Bram Stoker

#dreams #fear #horror #memories #nightmares

Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#close #evolution #guesses #heart #mind

We are all failures- at least the best of us are. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

#learning #moving-on #self-criticism #success #success

Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#mentoring #parenting #teacher #parenting