"I recall feeling an almost delicious terror when one day I found myself alone in the midst of tall June grasses that grew high as my head. But here the secret working of self consciousness is almost too entangled with the things of the past for me to explain it."

-- Pierre Loti

#Past Quotes #June Quotes #Self Quotes

“Suggestibility varies as the amount of disaggregation, and inversely as the unification of consciousness.”

Source : Boris Sidis (1907). “Studies in Psychopathology”
“We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of.”
“No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them what he believes to be of value.”
“Chess is similar to boxing. You need to develop a strategy, and you need to think two or three steps ahead about what your opponent is doing. You have to be smart. But whatâ€™s the difference between chess and boxing? In chess, nobody is an expert, but everybody plays. In boxing everybody is an expert, but nobody fights.”
“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.”

Source : Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr
“The two most far-reaching critical theories at the beginning of the latest phase of industrial society were those of Marx and Freud. Marx showed the moving powers and the conflicts in the social-historical process. Freud aimed at the critical uncovering of the inner conflicts. Both worked for the liberation of man, even though Marx's concept was more comprehensive and less time-bound than Freud's.”
“Managing a league club is like making love to a mermaid... you should always be aiming for a top half finish”
“We try to get our quick feet and our hands going for the games and we spend a couple of days in the gym.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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