"The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli."

-- Georg Simmel

#Individuality Quotes #Nervous Quotes #Psychological Quotes

“The rosy hearth, the lamplight's narrow beam, The meditation that is rather dream, With looks that lose themselves in cherished looks; The hour of steaming tea and banished books; The sweetness of the evening at an end, The dear fatigue, and right to rest attained, And worshipped expectation of the night,â€” Oh, all these things, in unrelenting flight, My dream pursues through all the vain delays, Impatient of the weeks, mad at the days!”

Source : Paul Verlaine (1906). “Poems”
“The proper way to make policy changes is for you to convince your fellow citizens that there is a better policy outcome than the current one. And then in state legislatures, for those state legislatures to vote that change.”
“For me, the camera is like an entrance to the private lives of other people. And if you are curious like me, it is a fantastic tool.”
“Life is a system of relations rather than a positive and independent existence; and he who would be happy himself and make others happy must carefully preserve these relations. He cannot stand apart in surly and haughty egoism; let him learn that he is as much dependent on others as others are on him.”
“The camera gave me an incredible freedom. It gave me the ability to parade through the world and look at people and things very, very closely.”
“Making music, if youre a real musician, you carry on, regardless in this world.”

Source : "Interview: Joe Cocker lyric". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.
“Why do we put people who are on drugs in jail? They're sick, they're not criminals. Sick people don't get healed in prison. You see? It makes no sense.”
“Your company's most valuable asset is how it is known to customers.”

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