“Take the happiest man, the one most envied by the world, and in nine cases out of ten his inmost consciousness is one of failure. Either his ideals in the line of his achievements are pitched far higher than the achievements themselves, or else he has secret ideals of which the world knows nothing, and in regard to which he inwardly knows himself to be found wanting.” KnowsMenWorldFoundLinesSecretConsciousnessCasesFailureHigherTenAchievementIdealsRegardNineEnviedHappiest Man Book:Writings, 1902-1910 Source: Writings, 1902-1910
“There is an utterance of Necessity, an ancient decree of the gods, eternal, sealed fast with broad oaths: whenever any one defiles his body sinfully with bloody gore or perjures himself in regard to wrong-doing, one of those spirits who are heir to long life, thrice ten thousand seasons shall he wander apart from the blessed, being born meantime in all sorts of mortal forms, changing one bitter path of life for another.” LongBodyFormSpiritBornPathThousandTenEternalSeasonsRegardBlessedAncientBitterWanderMortalsBroadsBloodyLong LifeOathGoreHeirsDecreeUtteranceThrice Author:Empedocles
“I regard irreligious people as pioneers. If there had been no priesthood the world would have advanced ten thousand times better than it has now.” PeopleIfsWorldReligionWomenAtheismThousandTenRegardPioneersPriesthood Author:Anandi Gopal Joshi
“I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and the remaining ten percent just a fancy lingo for the common sense we have had for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years, if we ever had the guts to read.” IfsYearsCommonTenPercentRegardCommon SenseThirtyFancyFiftyGutsFraudPsychiatryParrotsBunk Author:Raymond Chandler