Mix Of Traits Quotes & Sayings

You find your genius by looking in the mirror of your life. Your visible image shows your inner truth, so when you're estimating others, what you see is what you get. It therefore becomes critically important to see generously, or you will get only what you see; to see sharply, so that you discern the mix of traits rather than a generalized lump; and to see deeply into dark shadows, or else you will be deceived. — James Hillman

Depression isn't the almighty ruler of your destiny. Even its familiar traits - grief, anger, despair - you find that you can use in other ways. I can create with them in my writing and my life, mix them up with excitement and pleasure. I can name that terrible, numbing paralysis and know it will pass. — Margo Jefferson

So far as a person thinks; they are free. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

People who do really dangerous tasks can't afford to sit around and discuss the merits of what they're doing. — Sebastian Junger

Believers are inclined to attribute their spiritual successes to their godliness when it would be more accurate to connect them with God's faithfulness. — Max Anders

Soap wasn't invented until the Romans, who also invented interesting sex. (Since my editor informs me that a gardening book is not a proper venue for discussions of interesting sex, I will go into this topic in more detail when I write my private memoirs, 'A Petunia Named Desire'). — Cassandra Danz

Optimism is a tool with a certain clear set of benefits: it fights depression, it promotes achievement and produces better health. — Martin Seligman

The idea behind doing comedies is that you go home a little happier. — Kathleen Turner