#rob

My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#mind #mystery #rebellion #sherlock-holmes #stagnation

For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#god #john #judas #problems

The problem about the future is that it keeps turning into the present. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#problems

I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink. ↗

— Tom Waits

#drinking #problems

...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#philosophy #problems

We all need to have dreams. The question is, does the dream control you or do you control the dream? ↗

— Robin Jones Gunn

#dreams #robin-jones-gunn #surprise-endings #dreams

All problems are illusions of the mind. ↗

— Eckhart Tolle

#mind #problem #teaching

Mentioning violence to Bruce was like mentioning chocolate sauce to a six-year-old. ↗

— Robert Muchamore

#chocolate #james-adams #robert-muchamore #shadow-wave #violence

If you choose to not deal with an issue, then you give up your right of control over the issue and it will select the path of least resistance. ↗

— Susan Del Gatto

#problem-solving #procrastination #stress-management-maintenance #path

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#probably #silence #understand #who #will