“All normal human beings are interested in their past. Only when the interest becomes an obsession, overshadowing present and future conduct, is it a danger. In much the same way healthy nations are interested in their history, but a morbid preoccupation with past glories is a sign that something is wrong with the constitution of the State.” WayHumansStatesPastNationsInterestHuman BeingsHistoryDangerHealthyNormalGloryConstitutionObsessionPreoccupationMorbidOvershadowing Author:C. V. Wedgwood
“I think the point of obsession with food means we're healthy as a species. When we're hungry, everything tastes good, hunger is the best spice. When you're in a area that has few resources, you work incredibly hard to have something. And then you make the something taste good. The greatest food in the world comes from the inventiveness of great privation. What emerges is all the miraculous fermentations and all the strong flavors. You put it together in the right way, it's delicious. That defines survival, and our human species.” ThinkingWorldMeanTogetherStrongHealthySurvivalHungerHungryObsessionInventiveness Author:Jonathan Gold
“People whose lives are not balanced by a healthy love of money suffer from an appalling obsession with personal integrity.” PeopleSufferingIntegrityHealthyObsessionBalancedLove Of MoneyPersonal IntegrityHealthy Love Book:The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel Source: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel