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Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing. Elizabeth Goudge
Life First Absurd Most Sound Hearing Truths Basic
The key to transforming mental models is to interrupt the automatic responses that are driven by the old model and respond differently based on the new model. Each time you are able to do this, you are actually loosening the old circuit and creating new neural connections in your brain, often referred to as self-directed neuroplasticity. Elizabeth Thornton
Time You Key Old Circuit Respond Responses Able Mental Neural Driven New Brain Referred Model Models Often Automatic Transforming Creating Your Connections Each Based Each Time Actually Differently Interrupt
I thought depression was the part of my character that made me worthwhile. I thought so little of myself, felt that I had such scant offerings to give to the world, that the one thing that justified my existence at all was my agony. Elizabeth Wurtzel
Depression Myself Character Me World Thought Made Worthwhile One Thing Scant Give Had Part Felt Existence The One Thing Justified Little Agony Thing
It's like Samson and Delilah: watch your back, because trouble could be the person you're sleeping with. Elizabeth Wurtzel
You Trouble Sleeping Back Could Like Because Person Your Watch
You don't even have to hate to have a perfectly miserable time. Elizabeth Wurtzel
Time You Hate Miserable Perfectly Even
When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see. Ella Maillart
See Something Instant Look Am Certain
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Success Memory Grace Hide Face Must She Venus Brains Rhinoceros Figure Actress
It has ever been since time began, and ever will be, till time lose breath, that love is a mood - no more - to man, and love to a woman is life or death. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Life Love Death Time Man Woman Love Is Will Lose Breath Mood More Since Till Been Began Ever
Study and work and work and study will keep in active exercise both the physical and mental. These two, rightly conducted, will not war against each other. Ellen G. White
Work War Will Active Other Rightly Physical Mental Both Study Exercise Against Each Keep Two
Only the love that flows from the heart of Christ can heal. Only He in whom that love flows, even as the sap in the tree or the blood in the body, can restore the wounded soul. Ellen G. White
Love Soul Heart Christ Tree Wounded Restore Only He Heal Blood Body Sap Even Whom Flows
Those who use tobacco, tea and coffee should lay these idols aside, and put their cost into the treasury of the Lord. Ellen G. White
Coffee Tea Those Cost Lay Put Lord Idols Aside Tobacco Should Use Who Treasury
God is love, and His law is love. Its two great principles are love to God and love to man. Ellen G. White
Love God Great Man Law Principles His Two
A consecrated Christian life is ever shedding light and comfort and peace. Ellen G. White
Life Peace Light Christian Shedding Comfort Ever Christian Life Consecrated
All the food that is put into the stomach that the system cannot derive benefit from, is a burden to nature in her work. Ellen G. White
Work Food Nature Burden Benefit System Put Stomach Cannot Derive Her
Every merciful act to the needy, the suffering, is as though done to Jesus. Ellen G. White
Suffering Every Needy Though Merciful Done Act Jesus
Confound not faith and feeling together. They are distinct. Faith is ours to exercise. Believe, believe. Let your faith take hold of the blessing, and it is yours by faith. Your feelings have nothing to do with this faith. Ellen G. White
Faith Blessing Together Feeling Feelings Nothing Believe Distinct Ours Take Exercise Hold Confound Your Yours
Jesus alone cleanses from sin; He only can forgive our transgressions. Ellen G. White
Alone Our Only He Sin Forgive Transgression Jesus
The Jews did not go into darkness all at once. It was a gradual work, until they could not discern the gift of God in sending his Son. Ellen G. White
Work God Son Gift Darkness Jews Once Could Until Discern Go His Did Gradual Sending
Love begets love; and thus the love of Christ displayed upon the cross woos and wins the sinner and binds him repenting to the cross, believing and adoring the matchless depths of a Saviour's love. Ellen G. White
Love Christ Saviour Cross Adoring Wins Thus Him Sinner Begets Depths Displayed Binds Believing
Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished. Elsa Maxwell
Life You Life Is A Finished Party Before Someone Join Said Leave After Started
Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity. Elsa Maxwell
Humanity Giving Trivial Parties Dues Union Pays Card
I fell asleep once while washing dishes. I hallucinated prolifically - like, squirrels knitting whole sweaters! It was like my dreams inserted themselves in my waking life. Emil Ferris
Life Dreams Once Inserted Knitting Like Fell Waking Squirrels Dishes While Sweaters Themselves Asleep Whole Washing
They don't know how the world is shaped. And so they give it a shape, and try to make everything fit it. They separate the right from the left, the man from the woman, the plant from the animal, the sun from the moon. They only want to count to two. Emma Bull
Man Woman Animal World Try Plant Moon Everything Sun Give Only Shape Shaped Count Know Make How Fit Left Want Separate Right Two
You don't have to fight for your life anymore. You're starting a new one. Eric Brown
Life You Fight New New One Anymore Your Starting
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. Eric Hoffer
Kindness Judge Made Become Own Futile Kind Motive Motives Being Deed
Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous. Eric Hoffer
Become Too Monotonous Unpredictability
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