You are free to experience life negatively or positively, and the choice you make determines whether you are at cause, or at effect, of the life you are living.
Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single principle. . . . Positively the principle may be expressed: In matters of the intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard to any other consideration. And negatively: In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable.
Talk to anyone about himself positively and he'll listen without interruption.
The nose is surely one of the most impressionable, if not positively erotic, of all our unruly members.
[Voters] are trying to make up their mind on who has a better plan for the economy, whose presidency would more positively impact my life?
To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another's life.
Try not to compare your children, even if you think you are skillful at it. You may say most positively that "Susan is pretty and Sandra is bright," but all Susan will remember is that she isn't bright and Sandra that she isn't pretty. Praise each child individually for what that child is and help him or her escape our culture's obsession with comparing, competing, and never feeling we are "enough.
Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
Journalists don't have audiences - they have publics who can respond instantly and globally, positively or negatively, with a great deal more power than the traditional letters to the editor could wield.
Alexia,” she hissed to her friend, “there are knees positively everywhere. What do I do?
The success of Yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures but in how it positively changes the way we live our life and our relationships.
I am an optimist. . . I choose to be. There is a lot of darkness in our world, there is a lot of pain and you can choose to see that or you can choose to see the joy. If you try to respond positively to the world, you will spend your time better.
The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.
Hindus believe in God positively. Buddhism does not try to know whether He is or not.
Most writers - poets in especial - prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy - an ecstatic intuition - and would positively shudder at letting the public take a peep behind the scenes.
I sense a real difference in my work from the time I was younger and single and more involved in the world of music and going out to bars and all that. There were points at which I was trying to use my art to reflect positively on myself, to almost be flirtatious through the work.
It would positively be a relief to me to dig Shakespeare up and throw stones at him.
The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channelling its powers positively, for your purpose you can do anything.
Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.
Control exists only when there is action of will, positively or negatively. Will is resistance. When the mind is learning, there is no resistance.
