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.
I don't care if someone is new to acting or experienced in acting: you always learn something from them. It's just like people in life - whether they're young or middle-aged or old, you always learn something from someone.
I'm always saying something that's just the edge of something more.
The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing things you do not need to hear dulls your hearing. And things you know before you hear them β those are you, those are why you are in the world.
If you can't say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.
If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.
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