It is not the least evil attendant upon the frequent exhibition of this last dread punishment, of Death, that it hardens the minds of those who deal it out, and makes them, though they be amiable men in other respects, indifferent to, or unconscious of, their great responsibility. I know no more than the dead. Thoughts are filed in the memory bank according to the various shades of feelings associated with those thoughts. Therefore, when we relinquish or let go of a feeling, we are freeing ourselves from all of the associated thoughts. Perhaps the dead know better, if they could only tell us.  #RyanPhillippe 1 of 5

The great value of knowing how to surrender is that any and all feelings can be let go of at any time and any place in an instant, and it can be done continuously and effortlessly. When Death strikes down the innocent and young, for every fragile form from which he lets the panting spirit free, a hundred virtues rise, in shapes of mercy, charity, and love, to walk the World, and bless it. I had wanted to compromise Fate: to escape occasional great agonies by submitting to a whole life of privation and small pains. Fate would not so be pacified; nor would Providence sanction this shrinking sloth and cowardly indolence.  #RyanPhillippe 2 of 5

When any uncommon event happens to us, we often have a presentiment of it. The surrendered state means to be free of negative feelings in a given area so that creativity and spontaneity can manifest without opposition or the interference of inner conflict. To be free of inner conflict and expectations is to give others in our life the greatest freedom. It allows us to experience the basic nature of the Universe, which, it will be discovered, is to manifest the greatest good possible in a situation. The may sound philosophical, however, when done, it is experientially true. Heaven is above all. The curtain of our fate is still undrawn.  #RyanPhillippe 3 of 5

Man is short-sighted creature at best, and in nothing more than in that of fixing his own felicity; or, as we may say, choosing himself. Not even the suicide expiries an instant before the period marked out by his destiny. Sickness, playing sick, which is a large part of this getting crazy, is not but the quest for environmental support…Regression means a withdrawal to a position where I can provide my own support, where I can feel secure. Often, if I have been trying to solve a problem for a very long time, withdrawing from it for a time—to get perspective or gather strength—may be an effective solution. However, people who habitually use withdrawal as a defense find their problems only getting worse, never being solved.  #RyanPhillippe 4 of 5

Rationalization is also another technique people used to help them get through life. A lot of my friends cannot afford a Victorian mansions and so they say things like: No one wants an old house; it is probably going to fall apart anyway. Or they claim they do not want a Victorian mansion because you cannot make many changes to it by law, people constantly report you if you do things they do not like to the house, and you have to bribe city officials to get permits. Some even go as far as to say they are public homes people they get so much attention and people are always taking pictures of them. However, people need to stop rationalizing about the situation! Like most defense mechanisms, rationalization is a technique used by many people. However, it can be used to an extent that the person feels compelled to go through the rationalization process for every single thing that happens to him.  #RyanPhillippe 5 of 5