The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.

People judge their capabilities partly by comparing their performances with those of others

Dualistic doctrines that regard mind and body as separate entities do not provide much enlightenment on the nature of the disembodied mental state or on how an immaterial mind and bodily events act on each other

Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.

People’s beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities.

Forceful actions arising from erroneous beliefs often create social effects that confirm the misbeliefs

Gaining insight into one's underlying motives, it seems, is more like a belief conversion than a self-discovery process