“It is a true observation of ancient writers, that as men are apt to be cast down by adversity, so they, are easily satiated with prosperity, and that joy and grief produce the same effects. For whenever men are not obliged by necessity to fight they fight from ambition, which is so powerful a passion in the human breast that however high we reach we are never satisfied.” MenHumansJoyFightingPassionPowerfulGriefEffectsProduceAmbitionAdversityAncientCastsProsperitySatisfiedObservationBreastsObligedJoy And Grief Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power, the parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.” MenMindParentLevelsProduceIgnoranceFellowsSlaveryWoodsObservationComparisonDominationBarbarismAbhorrenceTenants Book:Letters of Mrs. Adams: the wife of John Adams Source: Letters of Mrs. Adams: the wife of John Adams
“I think that for thousands of years people have made the observation that there are certain kinds of extreme depressive states that seem to be more likely to produce philosophers, people in the arts, unusually brilliant scientists.” PeopleThinkingYearsKindArtMadeStatesSeemsCertainProduceScientistPhilosopherExtremesBrilliantObservationDepressive Author:Kay Redfield Jamison