Psychological flexibility Quotes

No one is more dangerously insane than one who is sane all the time: he is like a steel bridge without flexibility, and the order of his life is rigid and brittle.

Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.

In order to go on with our lives, we are always capable of making the ominous into the merely strange.

The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.

Growing up is difficult. Strangely, even when we have stopped growing physically, we seem to have to keep on growing emotionally, which involves both expansion and shrinkage, as some parts of us develop and others must be allowed to disappear...Rigidity never works; we end up being the wrong size for our world.

Habits of pessimism lead to depression, wither achievement, and undermine physical health. The good news is that pessimism can be unlearned, and that with its removal depression, underachievement, and poor health can be alleviated.

But feelings, no matter how strong or “ugly,” are not a part of who you are. They are the radio stations your mind listens to if you don’t give it something better to do. Feelings are fluid and dynamic; they change frequently. Feelings are something you HAVE, not something you ARE. Like physical beauty, a cold sore, or an opinion. Admitting you feel rage or terrible pain or regret or some old, rotten blame does not mean these feelings are part of who you are as a person. What these feelings mean is, you have to change your thinking to be free of them.

Human nature is almost unbelievably malleable, responding accurately and contrastingly to contrasting cultural conditions.

If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like.

We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment

I think as time goes on, I'm trying to get less fatalistic, because that's just one of those unhealthy, kind of dangerous head spaces to get in, of not being able to tolerate sustained positive energy.

Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our emotions.

I think self-esteem is fluid. It's not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others.

If it (the good circumstances) changes will you be able to keep onto your happiness just as much? Because if not then your happiness is really built on sand.

In the high country of the mind one has to become adjusted to the thinner air of uncertainty.

At the center of our agency is our freedom to form a healthy attitude toward whatever circumstances we are placed in!

The mind doth shape itself to its own wants, and can bear all things.

The best path to happiness is learning to change as rapidly as life does.

We're never gonna survive unless we go a little crazy.

Being optimistic is like a muscle that gets stronger with use. Makes it easier when the tough times arrive. You have to change the way you think in order to change the way you feel.

In the real world there's an after-effect of disappointment if you lose an argument. But if, to begin with, you're set up not to have this particular autonomy, then you're not disappointed.

The only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.

Everyone is a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets. You could have a predominant growth mindset in an area, but there can still be things that trigger you into a fixed mindset trait.

If you haven't got a sense of humor you're making your life a hundred times harder. It doesn't matter what happens to you, if you can have a laugh about it, and don't take yourself so serious, you have the battles halfway won.

It is easier to endure than to change. But once one has changed, what was endured is hard to recall.