Quotes by Trying Don't try to blame the rest of the world. The blame only lies with you. Recognize that immediately. Alan Sugar trying lying world Above all, in order to gain respect, you need to be true to yourself. There is no point in trying to be brutal if it's not in your nature; there is no point in trying to be suave and sophisticated if it doesn't come naturally. Alan Sugar trying order needs Once I was on a plane and a woman said to me, 'Now, what's the matter with my tomatoes?' And I said, 'Well, it's a bit difficult to see from here.' She took offence and said, 'I was only trying to be friendly.' Alan Titchmarsh tomatoes friendly trying I get up to 400 letters a week, so I have a full-time PA, but I try to answer everything. People don't seem to realise that if they send something living in the post it's going to die on the way. Especially when you wrap it in a polythene bag. Alan Titchmarsh trying people way Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present. Alan Watts hurrying trying way Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure. Alan Watts insecurity results trying Try to imagine what it will be like to go to sleep and never wake up... now try to imagine what it was like to wake up having never gone to sleep. Alan Watts sleep inspiring trying Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone. Alan Watts mind trying water The harder we try to catch hold of the moment, to seize a pleasant sensation..., the more elusive it becomes... It is like trying to clutch water in one's hands - the harder one grips, the faster it slips through one's fingers. Alan Watts trying water hands The psychotherapist ... tries to help the individual to be himself and to go it alone without giving unnecessary offense to his community, to be in the world (of social convention) but not of the world. Alan Watts community trying giving A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world. Alan Watts term trying world But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us. Alan Watts trying world To resist change, to try to cling to life, is therefore like holding your breath: if you persist you kill yourself. Alan Watts change trying life You don't need to try to be God, you are! But if you try to be God it means you don't know you are. Alan Watts trying mean reality There is a peculiar contradiction in trying to be a member of a republic while believing that the universe is a monarchy. Alan Watts peculiar trying believe For the world is an ever-elusive and ever-disappointing mirage only from the standpoint of someone standing aside from it—as if it were quite other than himself—and then trying to grasp it. But a third response is possible. Not withdrawal, not stewardship on the hypothesis of a future reward, but the fullest collaboration with the world as a harmonious system of contained conflicts—based on the realization that the only real "I" is the whole endless process. Alan Watts collaboration real trying Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and the frustration of trying to love himself. Alan Watts frustration inspiring trying If someone hates or loves something, then right on. I can't rob them of that. I'm not going to try and change their mind. Something's been triggered in them to react so emotionally. Alanis Morissette hate mind trying I was extremely moved by the plight of Tsunami victims and I was inspired to try to make a difference. Alanis Morissette making-a-difference differences trying As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody. Alanis Morissette trying long needs «1213141516171819202122»
