Objective Quotes

“The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real only that which exists within oneself, while the phenomena in the outside world have no reality in themselves, but are experienced only from the viewpoint of their being useful or dangerous to one. The opposite pole to narcissism is objectivity; it is the faculty to see other people and things as they are, objectively, and to be able to separate this objective picture from a picture which is formed by one's desires and fears.”
― Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

“The faculty to think objectively is reason; the emotional attitude behind reason is that of humility. To be objective, to use one's reason, is possible only if one has achieved an attitude of humility, if one has emerged from the dreams of omniscience and omnipotence which one has as a child. Love, being dependent on the relative absence of narcissism, requires the developement of humility, objectivity and reason.

I must try to see the difference between my picture of a person and his behavior, as it is narcissistically distorted, and the person's reality as it exists regardless of my interests, needs and fears.”
― Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

“A photograph shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires things he isn't prepared to work for.”
― Habeeb Akande

“Now all my tales are based on the fundemental premise that common human laws and interests and emotions have no validity or significance in the vast cosmos-at-large.... To achieve the essence of real externality, whether of time or space or dimension, one must forget that such things as organic life, good and evil, love and hate, and all such local attributes of a negligible and temporary race called mankind, have any existence at all.”
― H.P. Lovecraft

“When people have invested their identities into clichés, the only counter argument they have is 'being offended'.”
― Stefan Molyneux

“Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can’t.”
― Napoleon Hill

“There are two missions we are obligated to carry out during our life journey. The first, is to seek Truth throughout our lifetime. The second, is simply to be good. Engrave it in your mind that life is just one big board game where you have to make it from start to finish by being good. That is all you have to do. The hardest part, is dealing with all the obstacles that prevent smooth sailing. The trick is, to always strive to be the right person in all situations – regardless of personal cost to you. Your aim is to make sure the right book on your shoulder weighs more that the bad book on the left. The scales are real. Regardless of your chosen faith, there is a measurement system to be found in all of the world's religions. After all, does it make sense for all souls, good or bad, to end up in the same place? Of course not. To really secure the very best setting in the afterlife, the vibrations of your good deeds must surpass your death.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Not only are there meaningless questions, but many of the problems with which the human intellect has tortured itself turn out to be only 'pseudo problems,' because they can be formulated only in terms of questions which are meaningless. Many of the traditional problems of philosophy, of religion, or of ethics, are of this character. Consider, for example, the problem of the freedom of the will. You maintain that you are free to take either the right- or the left-hand fork in the road. I defy you to set up a single objective criterion by which you can prove after you have made the turn that you might have made the other. The problem has no meaning in the sphere of objective activity; it only relates to my personal subjective feelings while making the decision.”
― Percy Williams Bridgman, The Nature of Physical Theory

“In meetings philosophy might work,
on the field practicality works.”
― Amit Kalantri

“Before asserting a prognosis on any patient, always be objective and never subjective. For telling a man that he will win the treasure of life, but then later discovering that he will lose, will harm him more than by telling him that he may lose, but then he wins.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Since when is failure more appealing? Never give up.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“...the greater objective (representative) perfection there is in our idea of a thing, the greater also must be the perfection of its cause.”
― René Descartes, Principles of Philosophy

“...in microphysics the observer interferes with the experiment in a way that can't be measured and that therefore can't be eliminated. No natural laws can be formulated, saying "such-and-such will happen in every case." All the microphysicist can say is "such-and-such is, according to statistical probability, likely to happen." This naturally represents a tremendous problem for our classical physical thinking. It requires a consideration, in a scientific experiment, of the mental outlook of the participant-observer: It could this be said that scientists can no longer hope to describe any aspects or qualities of outer objects in a completely independent, "objective" manner.”
― M.-L. von Franz

“A well-written article does not make what was written factual or something to subscribe to.

Fiction does not become fact because it looks good.
Fiction does not become fact because you wish it were true.
Fiction does not become fact because it has turned into popular opinion.

Remember this before reading the news, views, opinions or commentary.”
― Loren Weisman

“If you don't work for your dreams, someone will hire you to work for theirs.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Perfection isn’t necessary as long as you are competent. This means knowing how to achieve objectives that may require skills you lack.”
― Catherine Huang, The Art of War for Women: Sun Tzu's Ancient Strategies and Wisdom for Winning at Work

“If you’re willing to confront reality, accept the pain that comes with doing so, and follow the 5-Step Process to drive yourself toward your goals, you’re on the path to success. Yet most people fail to do this because they hold on to bad opinions that could easily be rectified by going above themselves to objectively look down at their situation and weigh what they and others think about it. It’s for that reason I believe you must be radically open-minded.”
― Ray Dalio, Principles: Life and Work

“Some people think their advice is a gift, and some people think they know every dam thing. You have to decide only one of these people are worth listening to.”
― Ron Baratono

“Too often the target is determined by whatever it was that we happened to have hit.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Sometimes the biggest milestone is deciding to create one.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“If we’re not mindful about what it is to be mindful, then never-mind.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“What's the goal of the goal?”
― Richie Norton, Anti-Time Management: Reclaim Your Time and Revolutionize Your Results with the Power of Time Tipping

“Progress has to be objective enough to become measurable, quantifiable and gaugeable; and not abstractive, subjective or perceived.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Making money is not bad and should be an objective of the effort, just not the main objective.”
― Douglas P Fish

“The things that you desire with ‘all of your heart’ will likely be the things that you will find along the way to the thing that you thought you desired with ‘all of your heart.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Design is art optimized to meet objectives.”
― Shimon Shmueli

“Logic becomes illogical at the point that it assumes that everything can be explained logically.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Faith is realistic and objective; David didn't pick only one stone down the river when approaching the giant, but five. How many stones do you have as you are facing your giant today?”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“It may be easy to feel detached from happenings not close to us. We are comparatively objective about events and incidents that do not concern or affect us. Distance brings that perspective, but it is not easy to have the same objectivity about events which happen to us or have an immediate impact on our lives. Becoming a witness who observes without comment or mental intrusion can produce a wiser view of events and occurrences.”
― KRISHNA MURTHY ANNIGERI VASUDEVA RAO, FLOWERS OF STARDUST