"we are such inward secret creatures, that inwardness the most amazing thing about us, even more amazing than our reason. but we cannot just walk into the cavern and look around. most of what we think we know about our minds is pseudo-knowledge. we are all such shocking poseurs, so good at inflating the importance of what we think we value."

-- Iris Murdoch

#Thinking Quotes #Mind Quotes #Secret Quotes

“What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober.”

Source : Curtains pt. 2 (1961)
“I've had too many experiences in my life of being the first woman in some damned occupation.”
“We're searching for the answers so we can destroy them and dream up better questions.”
“In public, Barack Obama's giving the simple version of his beliefs for the mass public. In private, he can discuss it at a really high level.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I think when people speak about faith, they always get stuck when they're starting to speak about the terrible things that happen in the world, and I always know, even in the Torah, they're always speaking about it, that if there is fifty percent of love, there is fifty percent of hate, they are always in perfect balance.”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.”
“If I go back to the beginning, I could start it over again. I could go line by line; try and find a shorter way. I could try to make it... better.”

Source : "Proof". www.imdb.com. 2005.
“Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”

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