"Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out."

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Source : Karl A. Menninger (1953). “the Human Mind”

Karl A. Menninger

#Fear Quotes #Wish Quotes #Educated Quotes

“Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.”
“Criticism alone can sever the root of materialism, fatalism, atheism, free-thinking, fanaticism, and superstition, which can be injurious universally; as well as of idealism and skepticism, which are dangerous chiefly to the Schools, and hardly allow of being handed on to the public.”
“There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.”
“Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us deep into the past and as far afield as the Great Wall of China. With the restless curiosity and meticulous scholarship that have become her hallmark, the author once again has found a gap in my bookshelf and filled it, admirably.”
“Snooki and Honey Boo Boo. These are big celebrities in the U.S. You want to throw up.”
“It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.”
“My dear brothers, never forget, when you hear the progress of enlightenment vaunted, that the devil's best trick is to persuade you that he doesn't exist!”
“I don't believe in luck. Luck is just preparation meeting the moment of opportunity.”

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