"Obsessional does not necessarily mean sexual obsession, not even obsession for this, or for that in particular; to be an obsessional means to find oneself caught in a mechanism, in a trap increasingly demanding and endless."

-- Jacques Lacan

#Mean Quotes #Doe Quotes #Obsession Quotes

“What I am against is false optimism: the notion either that things have to go well, or else that they tend to, or else that the default condition of historical trajectories is characteristically beneficial in the long-run.”
“I'm hoping for a return to at least partial sanity someday, but I'm not optimistic.”
“We are on the right track to the 21st century. We are on the right track, but our work is not finished. What should we do? First, let us consider how to proceed. I say the question is no longer, "Who's to blame?" but "What to do?"”
“Some bosses believe they can't afford to employ someone legitimately - so they employ them illegally.”
“All the evil in the world, and all the unhappiness, comes from the I-concept.”

Source : "Ask the Awakened: the Negative Way". Book by Wei Wu Wei, 1963.
“We are living in a world where access trumps knowledge every time. Those who know how to search, find and make the connections will succeed. Those who rely on static knowledge and skills alone will fail.”
“Don't take anything from me because I'll track it down.”
“If you tell a friend a secret, she will keep the secret by telling only one other person.”

Source : Lisa Birnbach, Patricia Marx, Ann Hodgman (1999). “1,003 Great Things about Friends”, p.3, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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