"Psychological man may be going nowhere, but he aims to achieve a certain speed and certainty in going. Like his predecessor, the man of the market economy, he understands morality as that which is conducive to increased activity. The important thing is to keep going."

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Source : Philip Rieff (1987). “The Triumph of the Therapeutic: Uses of Faith After Freud”, p.41, University of Chicago Press

Philip Rieff

#Men Quotes #Important Quotes #May Quotes

“We should not give away a moment to anyone who does not deserve it.”
“Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in the truth that is taught by life.”
“We study biology, physics, movements of glaciers... Where are the classes on envy, feeling wronged, despair, bitterness...”
“Sometimes when it rains, it's not that simple, when the sky has reasons to cry.”

Source : "What it Means to be a Human Being". Speech in San Francisco, CA, March 2001.
“Acting is something I've done since I was six years old, performing for my mum and my family in the living room, and I do it because my heart's in it.”
“Death is the great gamer with a sleeve of tricks.”
“I'm very claustrophobic.”
“Drawing is your understanding of form.”

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