Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.
Interpretation
Surround yourself with positive influences to enhance your life.
This quote emphasizes the importance of surrounding oneself with positive relationships and environments. By making it a rule to connect with uplifting people and situations, one can significantly improve their well-being, potentially more than through traditional therapeutic means.
In practice
Using this quote in a motivational speech to encourage personal growth.
In a society where the roles everyone plays are obvious, the refusal to conform to any standard will excite interest. Be both masculine and feminine, impudent and charming, subtle and outrageous. Let other people worry about being socially acceptable; those types are a dime a dozen, and you are after a power greater than they can imagine.
When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike.
The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken. More: You have ceded them power.
The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
The Nihilistic Troll might pretend to be acting in the service of some cause or leader, but don't be fooled. The cause and their supposedly strong convictions are simply a way to justify and provide cover for their abusive behavior.
Remember that the essence of authority is that people willingly follow your lead.
All people on the planet are children, except for a very few. No one is grown up except those free of desire.
Be flexible, but stick to your principles.
Would I rather be right, or would I rather be kind?
We imagine that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord, "I *delight* to do Thy will, O My God.
A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.
Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another's prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will sting itself to death.
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