Theodore Isaac Rubin Professions : Author Born : April 11, 1923 Browse All Authors Top 22 quotes by Theodore Isaac Rubin Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. Theodore Isaac Rubin wisdom kindness appreciation I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. Theodore Isaac Rubin single hate hurt Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best. Theodore Isaac Rubin funny-inspirational uplifting happiness The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. Theodore Isaac Rubin encouragement determination success Compassion for myself is the most powerful healer of them all. Theodore Isaac Rubin most-powerful powerful compassion Invest in the "process" rather than the product. Process living neutralizes the depleting and impoverishing effects of chronically living in anticipation. Even when impossible goals occasionally are reached, satisfactions derived from them are invariably disappointing unless the process has given ample satisfaction along the way. Theodore Isaac Rubin perspective goal way The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. Theodore Isaac Rubin artist inspirational thinking Have you considered that if you don't make waves, nobody including yourself will know that you are alive? Theodore Isaac Rubin wave alive knows There are a great many people in our society who are happy, but since they don't know they're happy, they're not happy. Theodore Isaac Rubin our-society happiness people Treat yourself at least as well as you treat other people. Theodore Isaac Rubin treats wells people The process of writing a book is infinitely more important than the book that is completed as a result of the writing, let alone the success or failure that book may have after it is written . . . the book is merely a symbol of the writing. In writing the book, I am living. I am growing. I am tapping myself. I am changing. The process is the product. Theodore Isaac Rubin important writing book The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fast enough. Theodore Isaac Rubin business change inspirational Television deprives children of their imaginations. Theodore Isaac Rubin imagination children television To the extent that we honor all aspects of ourselves, we remove revulsion, self-hate, horror, and terror from our lives. As whole human beings we are the creatures of the greatest complexity on this planet. Respect for this complexity includes our insisting on acceptance of the inconsistent and incongruous. Theodore Isaac Rubin hate acceptance self Few people can fail to generate a self-healing process, when they become genuinely involved in healing others. Theodore Isaac Rubin self healing people All of us are crazy in one or another way. Theodore Isaac Rubin mental-illness crazy way "The most prevalent and destructive fear is not of sickness or death itself. It is the fear of being human. All of our neurotic symptoms are retaliation against ourselves for daring to be human, this is less than godlike martyrs or masters. This is what psychotherapy is all about: getting over the fear of being human. Theodore Isaac Rubin There are two ways to slide easily through life to believe everything or to doubt everything both ways save us from thinking. Theodore Isaac Rubin Sometimes the routes leading to feelings of anger are so convoluted and circuitous that it takes enormous skill to discern their original source, or fountainhead. But regardless of the reason for or the source of the anger or the relative ease or complexity in perceiving either the anger or its source - everybody, but everybody, gets angry. Theodore Isaac Rubin skill angry anger sometimes Feeling angry is a universal human phenomenon. It is as basic as feeling hungry, lonely, loving, or tired. The capacity to feel angry and to respond in some way to that feeling is in us from birth. Theodore Isaac Rubin feel feeling angry tired Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors
