Motivational Quotes

Each living being must interact with its environment  in order to survive. For living beings,  vital contact between organism and environment  must always be maintained—in the face of all the  risks of breaking away, in a manner of “continuous  discontinuity,” so to speak. We can call this  principle of sustaining contact the “Subject” of  life in the precise etymological sense of subjectum,  which designates what lies at the base of  all living behavior. In so far as the “Subject” can  be effective only as long as the organism continues  to live, it certainly belongs to this organism,  but it by no means resides inside of it. Its place of  being is between the organism and the environment,  therefore in a certain sense outside the organism.  What we are referring to here with the term  “organism” is not limited to a single individual

But now, in inner awareness there is a more   complex form of self-awareness. Not only am I aware   of myself by virtue of the egocentric structure 'I...'.   But in inner awareness I am aware of my passing experience   by virtue of the reflexive structure 'in this   very experience [I see this frog]', and part of what I am   so aware of is myself, subject of the experience

Descartes was onto something, l I am not indubitably   certain, in consciousness, that I exist and that I am   thinking such-and-such. But for so long as I am conscious,   consciously thinking such-and-such, I am   aware that I am so thinking. And that awareness - of   my experience and so of myself- defines consciousness.   Yet modern philosophy was soon beset with   puzzles about the self, self-awareness, and inner   awareness of experience.  

Few areas of inquiry into human affairs have produced as many experts as the field of chemical dependence. Alcoholism and drug addiction are loaded with international and national experts, each claiming special knowledge of these peculiar diseases that have roused so much controversy while continuing to be so misunderstood by so many. There are experts on wayward chemicals in the brain.

Responsibility for alcoholism is examined within the context of families with an alcoholic   parent. The perceptions of alcoholics and their spouses are discussed with respect to who or what is   responsible for the etiology of alcoholism, the alcohol-related behaviors, and the consequences of the   drinking in terms of the family's reaction to and the eventual resolution of the problem.