"The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry."

-- David Hare

#Poetry Quotes #Century Quotes #Prose Quotes

“It seems to me that we are profoundly ignorant of ourselves”
“I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.”
“I have come to the conclusion that human beings are born with an innate capacity to triumph over trauma. I believe not only that trauma is curable, but that the healing process can be a catalyst for profound awakeningâ€”a portal opening to emotional and genuine spiritual transformation. I have little doubt that as individuals, families, communities, and even nations, we have the capacity to learn how to heal and prevent much of the damage done by trauma. In so doing, we will significantly increase our ability to achieve both our individual and collective dreams.”
“Only the liberation of the natural capacity for love in human beings can master their sadistic destructiveness.”

Source : Wilhelm Reich (1948). “Entdeckung Des Orgons”
“There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.”
“Commitment to each other is critical. Let's make our deadlines and due dates mean something. For changes to occur, we have to embrace them over and over. Take it step by step -- but keep moving forward -- and a year from now, we'll find we've moved from here to there.”
“I am a tomb robber who is robbing my own tomb. Things from my tomb are exhibited under the radiant sun. Every time it happens I feel crude.”
“The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee.”

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