Sometimes you get into a situation and realize that there is so much more to explore there and ask, why are we jumping off the cliff quite yet?
I sometimes like the situation that forces you to rely on your instinct and impulses.
You've got Hezbollah in Arizona. You've got Mexican drug cartels operating in Arizona. You've got the steady stream of illegals over the border, and you've got people being killed now in Arizona. They are at their wits' end. Enforcing the law is the overall thing, and if there are some civil rights violations, so be it. That's how desperate the situation is. They want the law anyway.
When the situation is obscure, attack
There's this absurd situation on a movie set where your trailer's here and the set is here and the lunch tent is here, and you're not allowed to get yourself from these three places.
Many people put up with things that are unpleasant but tolerable, rather than changing them; their situation needs to become unbearable before they take action
Write 10 times: 'Fear is my friend. Fear is the energy to do my best in a new situation. ' You don't have to believe it; just write it.
If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be.
For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chains labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny.
The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not.
Persistence and determination are incredibly important. But sometimes you need to analyze the situation and understand when you're wrong. You need to be able to cop to being wrong, learn to change, and continue to grow as a human being.
The working class has been turned into a consuming class - a situation has been created where people value their worth by what they can afford.
I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.
My assignment is to take my situation and to use it to help others who feel hopeless andor helpless because of loss.
In the end, that's what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of situation.
Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.
The mercy of forgiveness is brought from the strength to accept any situation given and faced. Spiritual independence and humbleness toward life makes life like a flowing river of release. What happens will happen anyways, and everybody can make mistakes. The important thing is to learn how to make a better future from the mistake.
Thinking consists in envisaging, realizing structural features and structural requirements; proceeding in accordance with, and determined by, these requirements; thereby changing the situation in the direction of structural improvements.
For values or guiding principles to be truly effective they have to be verbs. It's not "integrity," it's "always do the right thing. " It's not "innovation," it's "look at the problem from a different angle. " Articulating our values as verbs gives us a clear idea - we have a clear idea of how to act in any situation.
All is well. Everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe!