"The unconscious is structured like a language."

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Source : "The Agency of the Letter in the Unconscious, or Reason Since Freud" (1957)

Jacques Lacan

#Language Quotes #Unconscious Quotes

“Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?”
“I think the function of suffering is to let me know that my perception is skewed; what Iâ€™m doing is judging natural events in such a way that I am creating suffering within myself. For instance, you have pain over certain conditions, certain situations that occur. And if you just say â€˜ok, here I am, Iâ€™m going to experience the pain,â€™ you donâ€™t suffer. The resistance and the degree of the resistance to the natural phenomenon of life causes tremendous suffering.”
“Mind is the foundation of man.”
“As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.”
“Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.”

Source : Philip Guedalla (1930). “Independence Day: A Sketchbook”
“The work is the most fun; it seems illicit how much fun it is.”
“A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his neighbor's shins as well as his own. Keep a fellow of this description at arm's length, as you value the integrity of your bones.”

Source : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.181
“For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa.”

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