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154. “There is an Indian fable of three beings who drank from a river: one was a god, and he drank ambrosia; one was a man, and he drank water; and one was a demon, and he drank filth. What you get is a function of your own consciousness.”
Joseph Campbell
Consciousness, Fable Meaning, Personal Perception, Spiritual Wisdom, Transformation, Life Choices
155. “There is no “opt-out” clause in life—you are either practicing going in the winner’s direction or the losing direction. Which direction you choose to take is up to you, nobody can make that choice for you.” Daniel Walter Life Choices, Success Direction, Winning Mindset, Responsibility, Self-determination, Goals
158. “Things in Excess Become Their Opposite. It is possible to have too much of a good thing. In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite. Thus: Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.4 Too much, too many, and too often of what you want becomes what you don’t want.” Tim Ferriss Balance, Moderation, Wisdom, Life Choices, Perspective
171. “We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm – yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.” E.M. Forster Responsibility, Shadow, Sunshine, Morality, Life Choices, Personal Ethics
173. “We don't admit it to ourselves, not until the very moment of death, but in that moment, we see all life before us and we understand how we chose, every day of our lives, the manner of our death.” Orson Scott Card Death, Life Choices, Self Awareness, Mortality, Responsibility, Existential Reflection
174. “We end up spending (as Thoreau put it) “the best part of one’s life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it.” We’d love to drop all and explore the world outside, we tell ourselves, but the time never seems right. Thus, given an unlimited amount of choices, we make none. Settling into our lives, we get so obsessed with holding on to our domestic certainties that we forget why we desired them in the first place.” Tim Ferriss Freedom, Life Choices, Regret, Exploration, Time
Life Choices Quotes by Famous Authors
154. “There is an Indian fable of three beings who drank from a river: one was a god, and he drank ambrosia; one was a man, and he drank water; and one was a demon, and he drank filth. What you get is a function of your own consciousness.”
Joseph Campbell Consciousness, Fable Meaning, Personal Perception, Spiritual Wisdom, Transformation, Life Choices
155. “There is no “opt-out” clause in life—you are either practicing going in the winner’s direction or the losing direction. Which direction you choose to take is up to you, nobody can make that choice for you.”
Daniel Walter Life Choices, Success Direction, Winning Mindset, Responsibility, Self-determination, Goals
158. “Things in Excess Become Their Opposite. It is possible to have too much of a good thing. In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite. Thus: Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.4 Too much, too many, and too often of what you want becomes what you don’t want.”
Tim Ferriss Balance, Moderation, Wisdom, Life Choices, Perspective
171. “We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm – yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.”
E.M. Forster Responsibility, Shadow, Sunshine, Morality, Life Choices, Personal Ethics
173. “We don't admit it to ourselves, not until the very moment of death, but in that moment, we see all life before us and we understand how we chose, every day of our lives, the manner of our death.”
Orson Scott Card Death, Life Choices, Self Awareness, Mortality, Responsibility, Existential Reflection
174. “We end up spending (as Thoreau put it) “the best part of one’s life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it.” We’d love to drop all and explore the world outside, we tell ourselves, but the time never seems right. Thus, given an unlimited amount of choices, we make none. Settling into our lives, we get so obsessed with holding on to our domestic certainties that we forget why we desired them in the first place.”
Tim Ferriss Freedom, Life Choices, Regret, Exploration, Time
