The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
Deeply ingrained habits may require more than simple re-linking.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If …
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
The quality of your life is the quality of your communication. (with yourself as well as with others).
One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free its…
Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degres; Et jamais on n'a vu la timide innocence Passer subitement a l'extreme licence.
Nothing is stronger than habit.