"Theory and knowledge remain suspect, not because of inherent worthlessness, but because of their historic isolation from action. Without theoretical orientation, however, action is vulnerable to oversimplified and glib imitativeness-even mimicry-and to the use of the gimmick."

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Source : Erving Polster, Miriam Polster (1973). “Gestalt therapy integrated: contours of theory and practice”

Erving Polster

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“A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion.”
“God can be trusted even when he cannot be seen or understood.”
“No matter where the body is, the mind is free to go elsewhere.”

Source : William Henry Davies, “The Mind's Liberty”
“One of my very greatest fears as a child was being ridiculed in public. And there it was coming true. As a television presenter, I'd been respected. People come up to you in the street and shake your hand and talk to you in a respectful way.”
“Not every problem is solvable, okay.”

Source : "Republican Bob Corker Is Senate's Deal Maker". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. March 8, 2010.
“If the Palestinians do their part, we shall do our part and we shall have an agreement.”
“How comfortable some of us become as we nestle in the web of procrastination. It is a false haven of rest for those who are content to live without purpose, commitment, or self-discipline.”
“We listen too much to the telephone and too little to nature. The wind is one of my sounds. A lonely sound, perhaps, but soothing.”

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