"Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality."

-- Paul Johnson

#Reality Quotes #Horror Quotes #Devices Quotes

“Then I choose to drown. In hope. Rather than float into nothing.”
“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.”
“My only interest in women's clothes is what's underneath them.”
“Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it's their problem. Whenever you interact with people, don't be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious Presence. You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.”
“If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!”
“Curiosity is the essence of human existence.”
“The notion of infinity is our greatest friend; it is also the greatest enemy of our peace of mind.”
“There are... scientific works - star catalogues, for example - which are not art; but the theoretical structures of Gauss, Einstein, or Maxwell are original, individual, "very personal" responses and expressions of exactly the same kind as the creative works of Beethoven or Dostoievski.”

Source : James R. Newman (1956). “The World of Mathematics”, p.2012, Рипол Классик

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