Quote of the day

[future_doc]

But never to that extent. We are all adaptable to changing circumstances.

[Karma]

''How bad do you want it?'' Ken Robinson

[NeuroPreMed]

you don't know what they are going through end of story

 

Interesting, so you don't believe someone can change their path? Certain things are set in stone?

[NeuroPreMed]

there's no cure for clinical depression... if someone commits suicide because they are going through a depression phase in their life, then that is a different story. but people with depression since they were born have no way out..

 

Unfortunately being born with a defective chromosome can leave you disadvantaged in many ways yes, that is correct. However, there are also many things that can be altered with what we know today to make things better than the former option.

[NeuroPreMed]

"Don't just teach your children to read, teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything."

 

George Carlin

[NeuroPreMed]

you don't h ave to teach children to be curious, normal people develop curiosity naturally. in the end that's what makes us human. in fact studies show children that question everything from an early age (before having a strong fountain of knowledge) are more prone to mental disorders (primarily schizophrenia)

 

Seriously? You're trying to sound all smart and sophisticated towards this quote? Do you have any proof for your claims made above?

[AllisonGardner]

Don't fight the problem, decide it.

[NeuroPreMed]

If I had that disorder would I be able to apply to med school as disadvantaged or the stigma still very strong

 

It depends what chromosome is broken. Some could leave you with something "simple" and manageable like chron's, others could leave you with Alzheimer's, maybe hitting you at the age of 20.

 

If you're talking about depression I don't believe you could use that as a scapegoat to your poor grades, or to your application, but some schools do take into account significant events, so that's always a possibility.

[NeuroPreMed]

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

 

Julius Oppenheimer

[Karma]

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

 

Julius Oppenheimer

 

 

LOVE this quote! So true.

[Karma]

"Before you give up, think of the reason why you held on so long"

 

Drake

[mnemosyna]

"I found in my research that the biggest reason people aren’t more self-compassionate is that they are afraid they’ll become self-indulgent. They believe self-criticism is what keeps them on line. Most people hate gotten it wrong because our culture says being hard on yourself is the way to be."

Kristin Neff

[Karankhurana]

Don't fight the problem, decide it.

 

This one is Good.

[PAstudent]

Find what you love and let it kill you

--Charles Bukowski

[Renoir]

Find what you love and let it kill you

--Charles Bukowski

 

School is most definitely that.

 

Or the girlfriend. Not sure if that's what the crazy old guy meant.

[Renoir]

People nowadays think that scientists exist to instruct them, poets, musicians, etc. to give them pleasure. The idea that these have something to teach them - that does not occur to them.

 

-Wittgenstein

[Falling]

People nowadays think that scientists exist to instruct them, poets, musicians, etc. to give them pleasure. The idea that these have something to teach them - that does not occur to them.

 

-Wittgenstein

 

Wittgenstein was an absolute genius. This is a great quote.

 

I'll add one:

"A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push"

 

-Wittgenstein

[Bambi]

Compassion

 

is language the deaf can hear

 

and

the blind can see.

~Mark Twain~

 

 

Kindness is in our power even when fondness is not.

~Henry James~

 

 

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no

regret,

for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what

is true.

~Robert Brault~

Treat everyone with politeness,

 

even

those who are rude to you

 

,

not because they are nice

 

but

because you are.

 

Never look down on anyone unless you are helping them

up.

 

A good character is the best tombstone.

Those who loved you will remember.

Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

 

It's nice to be important

 

but

it's more important to be nice.

 

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles.

It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

 

If you want others to be happy,

 

practice

compassion.

 

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody,

 

it

saves so much trouble.

~Rudyard Kipling~

 

Don't be yourself — be someone nicer.

 

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy,

even if you have to leave them alone in order to do

it.

 

Love your enemies - it will confuse them greatly.

 

There is one word which may serve as a rule for

 

all

one's life — reciprocity.

~Confucius~

 

 

Grownups know that little things matter

 

 

 

and that relationships are based on respect.

 

Don't wait for people to be friendly,

 

show

them how.

~Henry James~

 

The most important trip you may take in life

 

is

meeting people halfway.

~Henry Boyle~

 

When I was young,

 

I

admired clever people.

Now that I am old,

 

I

admire kind people.

~Abraham Heschel~

 

If we should deal out justice only in this world, who

would escape?

No, it is better to be generous

 

for

it gains

 

us gratitude.

~Mark Twain~

 

 

 

B

 

e tender with the 

young

,

 

compassionate

with the 

aged

,

 

tolerant of the 

weak,

because someday in your life you will be all of these.

~George Washington Carver~

 

You can't live a perfect day

 

without

doing something for someone

who will never be able to repay you.

~John Wooden~

 

If those who owe us nothing gave us nothing,

 

how

poor we would be.

~Antonio Porchia~

 

You cannot do a kindness too soon

 

for

you never know how soon it will be too late.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

 

By swallowing evil words unsaid,

 

no

one has ever harmed his stomach.

~Winston Churchill

 

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone

 

who

will never find out.

~Frank A. Clark~

 

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen

twice as much as we speak.

~Epictetus~

Don’t let those who take advantage of your generosity

stop you from being generous.

~Author Unknown ~

 

Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.

~Maya Angelou~

 

In a world full of people who couldn't care less,

 

be

someone who

 

care

s

 

more.

~Author Unknown ~

 

Love thy neighbor and if requires that you bend the

truth, the

 

truth

 

will

understand.

~Robert Brault

[Bambi]

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

 

     Thomas Paine  

[Emojis4Life]

Somebody once told me the definition of hell:

 

It's your last day on Earth and the person you became meets the person you could have become. 

 

-- Unknown

[NeuroPreMed]

Somebody once told me the definition of hell:

 

It's your last day on Earth and the person you became meets the person you could have become. 

 

-- Unknown

Interesting. I have the "same one" as my background, except it goes "the worst hell I can think of is that when you die the person you became meets the person you could have become".

[Emojis4Life]

It's a compelling thought. Makes me want to live my life seizing as many opportunities as I possibly can

[Bambi]

If you are not at the table, you are on the menu.

 

- Unknown

[Bambi]

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.

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- Mark Twain

 

 

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

 

- Will Rogers

[mysteryoflife]

I just wanna sleep right now.

 

- Mysteryoflife