"We have treatments for disturbed persons, Nicholas. But, at least for the time being, we have no treatment for disturbing persons."

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Gene Wolfe

#Treatment Quotes #Disturbed Quotes #Persons Quotes

“Innovation often originates outside existing organizations, in part because successful organizations acquire a commitment to the status quo and a resistance to ideas that might change it”
“Christianity exhorted man to set himself up against Nature, but did so in the name of his spiritual and disinterested attributes. Pragmatism exhorts him to do so in the name of his practical attributes. Formerly man was divine because he had been able to acquire the concept of justice, the idea of law, the sense of God; today he is divine because he has been able to create equipment which makes him the master of matter.”

Source : Julien Benda, Roger Kimball (2017). “The Treason of the Intellectuals”, p.57, Routledge
“You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you can't spend any time worrying about whether you're going to win or lose. Focus only on getting better.”
“There are two types of mistakes: mistakes of ambition and mistakes of sloth.”
“I have very limited craftsmanship. And a lot of the stuff I make plays on that.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Divorce was very sad, obviously, but now I've gotten over it.”
“You don't want a whole bunch of yes people around you”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I certainly do not begin with any meaning. It is as though my hands do all the thinking.”

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