T.A. Richards Quotes
My students often ask me, 'What is sociology?' And I tell them, 'It's the study of the way in which human beings are shaped by things that they don't see.
Bare essentials. Like packing for paradise when you know you’re boarding the barge to hell.
Regardless of how far we have come, we are still looking for answers. While many are being answered, what we really want to know is how we can make our lives better.
For that thought to be strong, however, it must be free of doubt, for doubt weakens the will, weakens the response of the universe, and slows the manifestation of desire.
Sometimes all it takes to change your life is to change your routine.
It is not always possible to do away with negative thinking, but with persistence and practice, one can gain mastery over them so that they do not take the upper hand.
An undisciplined mind is a wasted one, which will be reflected in the life of the one who possesses such a mind.
Daring also means to act, however, and if you are not willing to act, then you have already lost the game.
When good times turn out way bigger than you first expected, that's when you know you're on a roll!
When you change yourself, you inspire others, and this inspiration changes the world.
There is one difference between mind power and prayer, however, in that subscription to a specific religion, if at all, is not required.
Every desire to modify in your life begins with the intention to do so.
Some of us are born to live and to fight, Echo. Others are born to fight for their right to live. When those two collide, there’s hell to pay.
One lunatic in Rampton used to have bouts of hysteria. Where he would let out a scream, and run at a wall and dive headfirst…crash! He was given a crash helmet! (Well it is a mad house.)
A loon thought he was Frank Sinatra and every time Frank came on TV or radio the loon would go mad, impostor!
He got a lovely pair of trainers given off his mum for Christmas, best pair he ever had, but it was the nylon laces that he couldn’t take his eyes off. They found him hanging in his cell!
He was a silent type, very nervy of people: shy, introverted, nobody would believe he could scream so loud…well he did drink a bottle of bleach!
Unlike most I don’t fear prison, never have, never will. Obviously I don’t want it, I hate it, but it’s the hate that drives me on to survive.
Some of the madmen are really fun to be with. I soon learnt to relate to them. I soon became one of them. I ended up the maddest of the mad. There is no madder than myself! Please believe it.
Madness is a bowl of poison cherries, chew them and die, but you die screaming in agony.
A doctor once asked me: 'Charlie, what do you think your problem is?' “Doc, ' I said, '…you’re the problem!
Is Bronson mad! Let me ask you! How else can I be? I’m probably the maddest guy on two legs if the truth was known, but prison will never beat me, I’d sooner die today than allow it too!
Ever see moors murderer Ian Brady, study his photos, study Black, study Cannon, study Sutcliffe - study them all! Who says evil is not recognisable?
Ask anybody, would you want an ex-madman living next door? It’s difficult enough being an ex-convict. It’s double hard for us ‘madmen’. Please believe it.
Looking back at the years I spent in the asylums, I’m now convinced some of that insanity rubbed off onto me!
Is our blood not the same color? Do we not bleed the same or share each other's burdens? ... What makes you and I so different, Ayden?
Both positive and negative thinking are contagious.
The problem with procrastination is it’s been around since the beginning of time it seems.
You may only be a small musical note in the realms of life, but together with others you make a symphony.
It is easy to wish ill on others whom we feel deserve it, but remember that when you point a finger at another, three more are pointed back at you.
Do not let your anger lead to hatred, as you will hurt yourself more than you would the other.
Our level of love or our level of fear determines the state of our reality.
