“... the thwarting of the instinct to love is the root of all sorrow and not sex only but divinity itself is insulted when it is repressed.” SexLove IsSorrowRootsInstinctDivinityInsultedRepressedUnafraid Book:The Journey's Echo: Selections Source: The Journey's Echo: Selections
“Sex is probably one of the last forms of human expression to enjoy such a direct connection with nature. It might be the primary site of conflict between nature and culture. If one assumes that nature (or instinct) is repressed in a highly civilised society, then I think the conceptual dyad nature-culture is best preserved there, in the realm of sex.” IfsThinkingHumansMightLastsFormCultureSexEnjoyExpressionConflictDirectConnectionsAssumingInstinctPrimariesRealmsSiteRepressedCivilisedCivilised Society Author:Thomas Koerfer
“The first thing, the very very first thing, "Find out what your greatest characteristic is, your greatest undoing, your central characteristic of unconsciousness." Each one's is different. Somebody is sex-obsessed. In a country like India, where for centuries sex has been repressed, that has become almost a universal characteristic; everybody is obsessed with sex. Somebody is obsessed with anger, and somebody else is obsessed with greed. You have to watch which is your basic obsession.” FirstsHas BeensDifferentCountrySexWatchesCenturyUniversalIndiaGreedObsessionObsessedCharacteristicsRepressedUnconsciousnessUndoing Author:G. I. Gurdjieff
“Joy of life... depends upon a certain spontaneity in regard to sex. Where sex is repressed, only work remains, and a gospel of work for work's sake never produced any work worth doing.” JoyCertainSexDependsRegardRemainsSakeSpontaneityJoy Of LifeRepressed Book:The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell Source: The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell
“To begin with, working class people reacted against our openness about sex. They are frightened of nudity, they're repressed in that way as well as others. Perhaps they thought 'Paul [McCartney] is a good lad, he doesn't make trouble'.” PeopleWayWellsSexClassTroubleFrightenedOpennessWorking ClassNudityLadRepressed Author:John Lennon