Famous Quotes of Wisdom 2

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”

“Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.”

“Serious things cannot be understood without laughable things, nor opposites at all without opposites.”

“Let an early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to find out the natural bent.”

“Democracy passes into despotism.”

“When there is an income tax, the just will pay more and the unjust less.”

Carl Jung (1875-1961)

Carl Jung was perhaps the greatest physiatrist ever born. His interest were many. He studied philosophy, dreams, art, mythology and religion with great interest. He is perhaps most well known for his creation of analytical psychiatry. He had a very good friendship with Sigmund Freud until they had heated arguments over Freud’s obsession with sex; Freud believing everything in psychiatry had it’s basic core in sexual nature. Jung wrote many books on his theories, especially about the collective unconscious.

“The educated man tries to repress the inferior one in himself, without realizing that by this he forces the latter to become revolutionary.”

“The stacking together of the paintings of the great masters in museums is a catastrophe, and a collection of a hundred good intellects produces collectively one idiot.”

“Nothing is a stronger influence psychologically on their environment, and especially on the children, than the unlived lives of their parents.”

“The creative mind plays with the object it loves.”

Frederick Nietzsche (1844-1900)

Frederick Nietzsche can best be described as a maverick in all his pursuits. He was an author, philosopher and writer of many texts. His most well known book is Thus Spake Zarathustra. His talents were many, but he ended up having a mental illness and a complete breakdown. He was stubborn and headstrong toward his disbelief in God and his diatribes against religion. But, he was also a very intelligent man.

“Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.”

“A very popular error – having the courage of one’s convictions: Rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack upon one’s convictions.”

“One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when others are present who dare not take the risk.”

“Possessions are usually diminished by possession.”

“Success has always been a great liar.”

“Belief in truth begins with doubting all that has hitherto been believed to be true.”

“What upsets me is not that you lied to me, but from now on I can no longer believe you.”

“We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

George Bernard Shaw was a great writer and the only person to win both the Nobel Prize for Literature and an Oscar for his work on Pygmalion.

“We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.”

“You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother’s milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.”

“If you take too long deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it.”

“You don’t hold your own in the world by standing guard, but by attacking and getting well hammered yourself.”

“Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.”

“The man who listens to reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her.”

“Life contains two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.”

“Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.”

George Santayana (1863-1952)

George Santayana was a man of rare breed. His understanding of classical philosophy almost goes unmatched. He was a writer of many books on the subject and very famous for his intellect.

“There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.”

“Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.”

“It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.”

“Repetition is the only form of permanence that nature can achieve.”

“Those who cannot remember the past are destined to repeat it.”