“There is an universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object, those qualities, with which they are familiarly acquainted, and of which they are intimately conscious. We find human faces in the moon, armies in the clouds; and by a natural propensity, if not corrected by experience and reflection, ascribe malice or good-will to every thing, that hurts or pleases us.” IfsHumansFacesNaturalHurtQualityMankindObjectsPleaseMoonReflectionConsciousUniversalArmyCloudsTendenciesProjectionGood WillMaliceTransfersPropensityHuman FacesConceivingAnthropomorphism Book:The Natural History of Religion Source: The Natural History of Religion
“There is no advantage getting older. You don't get smarter, you don't get wiser, you don't get more mellow, you don't get more kindly, nothing good happens. Your back hurts more, you get more indigestion, your eyesight isn't as good, you need a hearing aid. It's a bad business getting old and I would advise you not to do it if you can avoid it. It doesn't have a romantic quality.” IfsNeedsHappensHurtQualityAdvantageHearingAidsSmarterWiserGetting OldGetting OlderAdviseMellowIndigestionEyesightBad BusinessHearing AidsWiser YouBack Hurts Author:Woody Allen
“Love never hurts anybody. And if you feel you have been hurt by love, it is something else in you, not your loving quality that feels hurt.” IfsFeelsHas BeensHurtQualityBeen HurtLove Hurt Author:Rajneesh
“I don't discuss women at all with anyone. There are good qualities in all women. Some may be lacking in some of these qualities and should have them. I'm liable to say so and hurt their feelings, and it wouldn't be meant that way at all.” WayShouldMayFeelingsHurtQualityShould HaveLackingLiableGood Quality Author:Clark Gable
“We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more.” YearsDoeMomentsScienceGivenBornHurtQualitySeasonsClaimsWineLaysAstrologyVintageMemories Dreams Reflections Author:Carl Jung
“There is also a philosophy of less-is-more, and a little dignity that never hurt anybody. There are many qualities to admire about our father's generation.” LittlesPhilosophyFatherHurtQualityGenerationsDignityAdmireOur FatherLess Is More Author:James Redford