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Placebo Effect

I said that the cure itself is a certain leaf, but in addition to the drug there is a certain charm, which if someone chants when he makes use of it, the medicine altogether restores him to health, but without the charm there is no profit from the leaf. 

- Plato (Charmides, 155-6).

Mindfulness

The opposite of forgetfulness is mindfulness.  Mindfulness is when you are truly there, mind and body together.  You breathe in and out mindfully, you bring your mind back to your body, and you are there.  When your mind is there with your body, you are established in the present moment.  Then you can recognize the many conditions of happiness that are in you and around you, and happiness just comes naturally.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Imagination

Love alone is not enough.  Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom.  Relationships fail not because we have stopped loving but because we first stopped imagining.

- James Hillman