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The American journalist Barbara Ehrenreich has written about this in her book Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World (2009) . She talks about the happiness industry, the rise of medication to make us happy and of self-help books, and the influence of all this on religion. In many ways religion has become another form of self-help. We all suffer from over-exposure to positive thinking.

The key to successful aging is...to pay as little attention to it as possible.

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.

The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more you will have to express gratitude for.

The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.

The future is sending back good wishes and waiting with open arms.

The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.

The real secret of happiness is simply this: to be willing to live and let live, and to know very clearly in one's own mind that the unpardonable sin is to be an unpleasant person.

The law of attraction is this: You don't attract what you want. You attract what you are.

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!

There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through.

The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.

The therapy has been on and off, but I'll always go. I notice when I don't go, I start creating bad habits for myself. It's up to me to put in the effort. And I definitely watch The Secret a lot. That's part of my therapy: positive thinking. Really seeing yourself having everything you want, and feeling the emotion of having that. I did that about a Grammy. When The Secret came out, I was saying, "I'm going to win a Grammy." And I went there with my hypnosis and believing, really feeling what it would be like to have one.

There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

...the unpardonable sin is to be an unpleasant person.

There's no question that positive thinking has a place in business. [...just as it has in the the rest of a happy, successful person's life.]

To be successful, you must act big, think big and talk big.

The way you feel is your point of attraction, and so, the Law of Attraction is most understood when you see yourself as a magnet getting more and more of the way you feel. When you feel lonely, you attract more loneliness. When you feel poor, you attract more poverty. When you feel sick, you attract more sickness. When you feel unhappy, you attract more unhappiness. When you feel healthy and vital and alive and prosperous-you attract more of all of those things.

Today I will do something just for the fun of it. I will find something to do that's just for me and I won't worry about what I should be doing. I will learn how to make myself feel good and enjoy life to the fullest.

Those among us who have achieved the most have achieved only a fraction of what ALL of us are capable of. You haven't even begun to scratch the surface!

Transform your world by transforming your internal state. Start by learning to let go of negative self judgment, and replace it with positive and loving thoughts about yourself. Be kind to yourself, and watch your external world change.

We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes.

We only get to play this game one time, one life.

What we feel is not based on our experience, but on our INTERPRETATION of experiences.

We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.

We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.

You are free to think thoughts of worry or joy, and whatever you choose will attract the same kind back to you. Worry attracts worry. Joy attracts joy.

When you are up against a wall, put down roots like a tree, until clarity comes from deeper sources to see over that wall and grow.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.

You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.

You don’t always win, but every time you lose, you get better.

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.

You can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift...You get to choose

You can turn off the sun, but I'm still gonna shine

You've got to win in your mind before you win in your life.

100% commitment is required for any great achievement.

6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break: 1. Stop stressing 2. Stop worrying 3. Give rest to the problems weighing you down 4. Lighten up 5. Forgive yourself 6. Forgive others

You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'.

7 Rules to a Happy Life: 1. Be humble 2. Don’t worry 3. Don't settle for less 4. Mind your business 5. Work hard 6. Play hard 7. Be nice

A bad life doesn't justify bad behavior. It's time to stop playing the blame game and take responsibility for your own actions. You have control of your life from here.

You must choose between your attachments and happiness.

Accept myself, and expect more of myself. Give myself limits to give myself freedom. Make people happier by acknowledging that they’re not feeling happy. Plan ahead to be spontaneous; only with careful preparation do I feel carefree. Accomplish more by working less. Happiness doesn’t always make me feel happy. Flawed can be more perfect than perfection. It’s very hard to make things easier. My material desires have a spiritual aspect. Hell is other people. Heaven is other people. What was “happiness,” anyway, and was it even possible to make myself happier?

Acceptance is the first step in the process of change. Why? Because it gives us something solid to stand on as we reach for more.

Act in faith, don't W.O.R.R.Y. W = Waste O = Outstanding R = Resources R = Ruining Y = Your life

Acts of Kindness Transcends All Languages - Kailin Gow, Amazon Lee Adventures