There is always a step small enough from where we are to get us to where we want to be. If we take that small step, there's always another we can take, and eventually a goal thought to be too far to reach becomes achievable.
Ellen LangerIn the perspective of every person lies a lens through which we may better understand ourselves.
Ellen LangerOnce you've seen there is another perspective, you can never not see that there's another point of view.
Ellen LangerLife consists only of moments, nothing more than that. So if you make the moment matter, it all matters
Ellen LangerPeople are at their most mindful when they are at play. If we find ways of enjoying our work blurring the lines between work and play the gains will be greater.
Ellen LangerAll it takes to become an Artist is to start doing Art. By living a life full of Art, we may achieve an Artful life.
Ellen LangerIf we respect students abilities to define their own experiences, to generate their own hypotheses, and to discover new ways of categorizing the world, we might not be so quick to evaluate the adequacy of their answers. We might, instead, begin listening to their questions. Out of the questions of students come some of the most creative ideas and discoveries.
Ellen LangerMy ideas sometimes get the better of me. Before I clearly explain one, another comes to mind and seizes my attention.
Ellen LangerOut of an intuitive experience of the world comes a continuous flow of novel distinctions. Purely rational understanding, on the other hand, serves to confirm old mindsets, rigid categories. Artists, who live in the same world as the rest of us, steer clear of these mindsets to make us see things anew.
Ellen Langer