“Whatever helps you sleep is my opinion on the subject, and that's what I like about the western world's most popular religion, it has helped put so many people to sleep, although most of them permanently and without their approval.” PeopleWorldHelpingSleepOpinionSubjectsWesternApprovalWestern World Book:Roseanne: my life as a woman Source: Roseanne: my life as a woman
“I know that previously I would not have dared to express myself so explicitly about so uncertain a matter. I can take this risk because I am now in my eighth decade, and the changing opinions of men scarcely impress me any more; the thoughts of the old masters are of greater value to me than the philosophical prejudices of the Western mind.” KnowsMenMindI CanMatterValuesOpinionGreaterRiskMastersPrejudicePhilosophicalWesternDecadesUncertainImpress Author:Carl Jung
“Perhaps the best known, and certainly the most vaunted, "discovery" of modern public opinion research is the indifference and ignorance of a majority of the electorate in western democracies.” KnownOpinionDemocracyModernIgnoranceResearchDiscoveryMajorityWesternIndifferencePublic OpinionElectorate Book:Democracy ancient and modern Source: Democracy ancient and modern
“I eventually realized that direct experience is the most valuable experience I can have. Western man is so surrounded by ideas, so bombarded with opinions, concepts, and information structures of all sorts, that it becomes difficult to experience anything without the intervening filter of these structures.” MenI CanIdeasDifficultOpinionInformationConceptsDirectStructureWesternValuableFiltersInterveningBombarded Book:Travels Source: Travels