3 Quotes & Sayings By John Daniel

John Daniel was born in West Virginia and spent his youth working on the family farm. He enlisted in the Army in 1956 and served as an engineer sergeant in Korea during the Korean Conflict. After his honorable discharge, John earned a degree in Education at West Virginia University, pursued graduate work in Business Administration at Ohio State University, and earned his MBA at The Ohio State University. He joined the United States Navy as an officer, where he served for twenty-one years Read more

While serving on duty with the Navy, he earned a Masters of Science Degree from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. After retiring from the Navy, John earned a second Masters Degree from Loyola University of Chicago's School of Continuing Education.

He received seven honorary degrees from seven different colleges/universities throughout the country. His first book, "The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind", was published by John Wiley & Sons in 1985 and went on to sell over one million copies worldwide. Today's 26th edition is now available for sale through Hay House Publishing.

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[Memory].. is a system of near-infinite complexity, a system that seems designed for revision as much as for replication, and revision unquestionably occurs. Details from separate experiences weave together, so that the rememberer thinks of them as having happened together. The actual year or season or time of day shifts to a different one. Many details are lost, usually in ways that serve the self in its present situation, not the self of ten or twenty or forty years ago when the remembered event took place. And even the fresh memory, the 'original, ' is not reliable in a documentary sense.. Memory, in short, is not a record of the past but an evolving myth of understanding the psyche spins from its engagement with the world. . John Daniel
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At Reed College, I learned very quickly that I didn't know nearly enough. I learned, first, that every student there was as smart as I was, and quite a few seemed smarter. John Daniel