“Psychic health depends on orgastic potency, i.e., upon the degree to which one can surrender to and experience the climax of excitation in the natural sexual act. It is founded upon the healthy character attitude of the individual's capacity for love. Psychic illnesses are the result of a disturbance of the natural capacity for love.” CharacterIndividualNaturalResultsAttitudeHealthDependsHealthyDegreesCapacityIllnessSurrenderPsychicsDisturbanceClimaxPotency Book:The Discovery of the Orgone Source: The Discovery of the Orgone
“The private and serious drama of guilt is not often a useful one for fiction today and its disappearance, following perhaps the disappearance from life, appears as a natural, almost unnoticed relief, like some of the challenging illnesses wiped out by drug and vaccines.” TodayNaturalChallengesFictionSeriousDramaDrugGuiltIllnessFollowingReliefVaccinesUnnoticedDisappearance Book:Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays Source: Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays
“This is part of the involuntary bargain we make with the world just by being alive. We get to experiences the splendor of nature, the beauty of art, the balm of love and the sheer joy of existence, always with the knowledge that illness, injury, natural disaster, or pure evil can end it in an instant for ourselves or someone we love.” WorldArtEndsJoyEvilNaturalExistenceAlivePureIllnessDisasterInstantInjurySheerBargainsSplendorInvoluntaryNatural DisasterSheer JoyPure Evil Author:Jeff Greenfield
“I cannot believe that my illness is natural. I suspect Satan, and therefore I am the more inclined to take it lightly.” BelieveLightLyingNaturalDarknessIllnessSatanSuspectsDarkness To Light Book:Table talk Source: Table talk