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The Greek term metanoia denotes a change of mind, a reorientation, a fundamental transformation of outlook, of man's vision of the world and of himself, and a new way of loving others and God. In the words of a second-century text, The Shepherd of Hermas , it implies "great understanding", or discernment.
The cover of The Peter Principle (1970 Pan Books edition). The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not ...
Democritus described metonymy by saying, "Metonymy, that is the fact that words and meaning change." [31] Aristotle discussed different definitions of metaphor, regarding one type as what we know to be metonymy today. Latin scholars also had an influence on metonymy.
“Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.” “Ask for what you want and be ...
Those who hurry across the sea change the sky [upon them], not their souls or state of mind: Hexameter by Horace (Epistula XI). [21] Seneca shortens it to Animum debes mutare, non caelum (You must change [your] disposition, not [your] sky) in his Letter to Lucilius XXVIII, 1. Caesar non supra grammaticos: Caesar has no authority over the ...
The original clipping appeared in the May 28, 1941, public notices section: "Mother--God grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, courage to change things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Goodby." [37] AA's co-founder Bill W. and the staff liked the prayer and had it printed in modified form and handed around.
Microsoft wants you to talk to your computer.No, not by swearing at it when your boss schedules another 8 a.m. meeting. Rather, the tech giant wants you to have actual back-and-forth conversations ...
Aikido: (合気道 Aikidō, also 合氣道 using an older style of kanji) Literally meaning "harmony energy way", or with some poetic license, "way of the harmonious spirit", aikido is a gendai budo – a modern Japanese martial art. Practitioners of aikido are known as aikidoka. Aikido is also considered to contain a significant spiritual ...