Bernhard Langer Quotes

“I like reading my bible, I like bible studies where I get together with others and talk about the word of God and how it relates to us and how we can change to become more like him.”

“If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.”

“To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”

“It's not life or death it's a game and at the end of the game there is going to be a winner and a loser.”

“Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification of nature.”

“Sometimes in fiction you had to mute reality in order to make it seem more believable.”

“Boredom can be just another construct of the mind....There is always something new to notice.”

“Behavior makes sense from the actor's perception or else the actor wouldn't do it. Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, you know, today I'm going to be conforming, mistaken, nasty, and so on.”

“Appreciation involves being alert to the positive aspects of the current situation and feeling thankful for what one has and for one's circumstances. This requires not only a positive perspective in the present but also conscious awareness of features in the surround. The latter, in fact, is something that may be surprisingly rare. Especially when we are engaging in routine activities, we often do so mindlessly (Langer, 1997) or as though we were on automatic pilot (Cialdini, 1993). If we learn to bring our attention to the current state, we can choose to focus on positive aspects of the situation and to remind ourselves of the potential sources of good feelings that might otherwise pass unnoticed.”

“...there was a certain comfort in surrender.”