"Repression is an evolutionary adaptation permitting us to function under the burden of our expanded consciousness. For what we are conscious of could drive us mad."

-- Camille Paglia

#Mad Quotes #Consciousness Quotes #Adaptation Quotes

“If you invest the short time it takes to read, understand and apply the basic principles in this book, there is little doubt you will be a much bigger success than you otherwise would have been. Â There truly is POWER in wordsâ€¦”
“The mind is free, whate'er afflict the man, AÂ King's a King, do Fortune what she can.”

Source : 'The Barrons' Wars' (1603) canto 5, st. 36
“I certainly never get above my station - my family would soon slap me back down to earth.”

Source : "Sheridan Smith struggles with mounting acclaim over Cilla portrayal" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2014.
“There is always a chance to get even and I'm proud of the fact that for all the blows I always got back up again. That's what makes me most content.”

Source : Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
“Just because you saw a vampire doesn't mean that a snowman or a Loch Ness Monster also exists.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Close the language-door, and open the love-window”
“Win or lose, we achieve nothing in the world that we understand [...]' 'But then the world does not matter.' 'Indeed it does not [...] It is good to understand that.”
“The origin of the labor movement lies in self-defense ...”

Source : Mary Ritter Beard (1920). “A Short History of the American Labor Movement”

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