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The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of read more
The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories.
Arrogance diminishes wisdom
Arrogance diminishes wisdom
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation read more
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities
The unconscious is the ocean of the unsayable, of what has been expelled from the land of language, removed as read more
The unconscious is the ocean of the unsayable, of what has been expelled from the land of language, removed as a result of ancient prohibitions.
If the desire to get somewhere is strong enough in a person, his whole being, conscious and unconscious, is always read more
If the desire to get somewhere is strong enough in a person, his whole being, conscious and unconscious, is always at work, looking for and devising means to get to the goal.
Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.
Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.
Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it read more
Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.
The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter -- often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter -- in the eye.
The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter -- often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter -- in the eye.