„The world is what YOU think of it, so think of it DIFFERENTLY and your life will change.“
Quelle: Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite
Paul Arden1
1940 - 2008Ähnliche Zitate
„Don't let them tell you what to think, no matter how "different" your own views may be in relation to the official line. If you are not different in this world of stunning uniformity what on earth are you doing? Baaaaaaa.“
— David Icke English writer and public speaker 1952
Oxford University the illuminati breeding ground
„A lot of times we look at the whole world and think, 'it's so daunting, how can we change the whole world?' and you don't need to do that, what you need to do is change your world a little bit, and see if you can, through example, inspire others to do the same thing.“
— Michael Franti American rapper 1966
Michael Franti Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s75CPceiCw&feature=related
„Change isn't easy. Changing the way you live means changing the way you think, means changing what you believe about life. That's hard.“
— Dean Koontz, buch One Door Away from Heaven
Geneva Davis; chapter 1, p. 8
Quelle: One Door Away from Heaven (2001)
Kontext: Change isn't easy, Micky. Changing the way you live means changing the way you think. Changing the way you think means changing what you believe about life. That's hard, sweetie. When we make our own misery, we sometimes cling to it even when we want so bad to change, because the misery is something we know. The misery is comfortable.
„This world is bullshit. And you shouldn't model your life — wait a second — you shouldn't model your life about what you think that we think is cool and what we're wearing and what we're saying and everything. Go with yourself. Go with yourself.“
— Fiona Apple singer-songwriter, musician 1977
Acceptance speech, 1997 MTV Video Music Awards
„If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.“
— Oprah Winfrey American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist 1954
„You've got your whole life to do something,
And that's not very long.
So why don't you give me a call
When you're willing to fight
For what you think is real,
For what you think is right.“
— Ani DiFranco musician and activist 1970
Willing to Fight
Song lyrics
„I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.“
— Seamus Heaney Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer 1939 - 2013
„The lack of predictability with television is something that’s constantly changing what your perception of who you think your character is…“
— Lucy Liu American actress and model 1968
On how television differs from Liu’s other acting ventures in “Lucy Liu’s Independent Woman” https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/lucy-liu-elementary in Interview Magazine (2014 Oct 30)
„Gordon Brown thinks you should solve climate change by changing your lightbulbs. We think you should solve climate change by changing your Government.“
— Siân Berry British politician 1974
Keynote Speech, GP Autumn Conference 2007, Liverpool http://www.greenparty.org.uk/speeches/55
„What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.“
— Martha Graham American dancer and choreographer 1894 - 1991
„People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.“
— Elizabeth Gilbert, buch Eat, Pray, Love
Quelle: Eat, Pray, Love (2006)
Kontext: People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.
A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.
A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master…
„I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.“
— Franz Kafka author 1883 - 1924
Variante: What I write is different from what I say, what I say is different from what I think, what I think is different from what I ought to think and so it goes further into the deepest darkness.
„It's not what you will get out of the books that is so enriching - it is what the books will get out of you that will ultimately change your life“
— Robin S. Sharma Canadian self help writer 1965
Quelle: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams Reaching Your Destiny
„You think you know your possibilities.
Then other people come into your life
and suddenly there are so many more.“
— David Levithan, The Realm of Possibility
Quelle: The Realm of Possibility
„I'm not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten what high school was like.“
— Madeleine K. Albright Former U.S. Secretary of State 1937
Quoted http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1215791,00.html in Time (July 18, 2006)
2000s
„Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves.“
— Jay Samit American businessman 1961
Quelle: Disrupt You! (2015), p.219