opinion

People fail to realize that horror isn__ just monsters and death. Sometimes, it__ learning to accept the darkness of human nature.

Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes.

Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.

It's advice, not a commandment.Don't swallow it whole until you're absolutely sure you've been given good, healthy advice.

You can critique her writing, but not her lifestyle.

Don__ believe the negative criticisms. You are capable beyond measure

Never allow yourself to be defined by some else's opinion of you....unless they hold a higher opinion of you than you have for yourself.

Ah well that I can't tell you." Diana ducked her head so that the brim of her bonnet covered her face. "Some things must remain a mystery and for now I think I'll keep my opinion of you and your compliments to myself.

There is no more destructive force in human affairs -- not greed, not hatred -- than the desire to have been right. Non-attachment to possessions is trivial when compared with non-attachment to opinions.

Voice your opinion and let the confidence in you stand still

There is no other company in the world I've found more pleasurable than my own. For no one else has ever been as accepting of me or as thoroughly entertained by my quirkiness. It is a sweet thing to like yourself.

Perfection isn't necessarily found only in publicly accepted trends. Perfection is found in self.

When you continually worry about what other people think of you, they own you.

No man voluntarily expresses his opinion without some intent to make a difference, and even if he does, he shouldn't.

Following feeling, relying on liking or wanting, we are not free. The freedom to "do as we like" is not freedom of choice because we are ruled by the powerful property of feeling; we cannot choose apart from liking and disliking. Likes and dislikes may be articulated in the form of sophisticated-sounding opinions, but the decision is made for us by feeling. The Western world places a high value on personal feelings and opinions: Each individual "has a right" to an opinion. But rarely do we question how we have arrived at our opinion. Upon examination, we may discover that opinions tend to stem from convenience, familiarity, and selfishness__hat feels good or what is pleasing or comfortable to us. Upon this basis, we act, and receive the consequences of our action. Even if we compile a large number of such opinions, there is no guarantee that we will develop a wise perspective as a ground for action. Often this process only creates a mass of confusion, for opinions of one individual tend to conflict with the opinions of another. If there appears to be agreement, we tend to assume this agreement will remain stable. But agreement only means that the needs of the individuals involved are temporarily similar, and when those needs shift, agreement will evaporate. To make certain decisions, we rely on logic or scientific findings, which are supposedly free from personal opinion but are still weighted with the opinions of a particular culture. This style of knowing is founded on particular distinctions and ignores other possibilities. The evidence is clear that the scope of modern scientific knowledge is limited, for this knowledge is not yet able to predict and control the side-effects resulting from its own use. Its solutions in turn create more problems, reinforcing the circular patterns of samsara. Only understanding that penetrates to the root causes of problems can break this circularity. Until we explore the depths of consciousness, we cannot resolve the fundamental questions that face human beings.

You don__ care what anyone thinks about you,_ he said.__hat__ crazy,_ she said. __ care what everyone thinks about me.___ can__ tell,_ he said. __ou just seem like yourself, no matter what__ happening around you. My grandmother would say you__e comfortable in your own skin.

A __elf-leader_ is the positively influence you have on yourself and on others without any influence with your titles and positions. You must be able to lead yourself before you can lead others.

My job is not to worry about what everyone else thinks about me but to discover what I think. If I actually want to know what someone else thinks, my job is then to ask that person. More often than not, however, it isn__ important to know. It__ okay if people are mad at me, and it__ okay if people think I__ a complete idiot__s long as I__ doing my best. Just because certain people might have judgments about me, it does not mean they have authority over me. To truly form my own life, I had to ask questions like __hat are my needs? And __hat are my thoughts?_ I had to acknowledge both my strengths and my weaknesses. I had to form my own opinions based on my reality instead of someone else__.