"He prefers the security of known misery to the misery of unfamiliar insecurity."

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Source : SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”

Sheldon B. Kopp

#Fear Quotes #Insecurity Quotes #Misery Quotes

“The best way to keep your daughter out of hot water is to put some dishes in it.”
“A liberal society cannot be defended by herbivores. We need carnivores to save us, but we had better make sure the meat-eaters hunt only on our orders.”

Source : "Lesser Evils" by Michael Ignatieff, www.nytimes.com. May 2, 2004.
“Simultaneously with the establishment of the Constitution, Virginia ceded to the United States her domain, which then extended to the Mississippi, and was even claimed to extend to the Pacific Ocean.”
“You know it's important to have a Jeep in Los Angeles. That front wheel drive is crucial when it starts to snow on Rodeo Drive.”
“Some people say that practice makes perfect but I just feel that the repetition works against me and I start thinking too far ahead during a show.”
“To leave this life, to me, is a sweet prospect. When you read this I will be quite dead and no answer will be possible. All I can say is that I offered you love, and the best I could. All I got in return in the end was a kick in the teeth. Thus I die alone and unloved. As you sowed, so shall you reap.”
“Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds.”
“If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all.”

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