Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

Indeed, not all attacks-especially the bitter and ridiculing kind leveled at Darwin-are offered in good faith, but for practical purposes it is good policy to assume that they are.

Nothing erases unpleasant thoughts more effectively than conscious concentration on pleasant ones.

Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements.

Almost no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability depends upon the body's resistance.

If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions .

Mental tensions, frustrations, insecurity, aimlessness are among the most damaging stressors, and psychosomatic studies have shown how often they cause migraine headache, peptic ulcers, heart attacks, hypertension, mental disease, suicide, or just hopeless unhappiness.