"The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise."

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Source : "La Celestina". Book by Fernando de Rojas, 1499.

Fernando de Rojas

#Wise Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural. If we offend the principles of reason our religion will be absurd and ridiculous . . . There are two equally dangerous extremes: to exclude reason, to admit nothing but reason.”
“Psychoanalysis teaches one thing, he thought: Nothing ever happens in a vacuum. A single bad act can have all sorts of repercussions.”

Source : "The Analyst". Book by John Katzenbach, January 29, 2002.
“But just think what a boring, bread-and-milk world this would be without the boastful.”
“Zealous groups threaten to infringe civil liberties when they seek government support to impose their own religious views on nonadherents. This has taken many forms, including attempts to introduce organized prayer in public schools, to outlaw birth control and abortion, and to use public tax revenues to finance religious schools.”
“Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.”
“Keep your friends close â€” and your rivals even closer.”
“How many managers told me, 'Get a nose job. You're not pretty enough?' But I proved them wrong.”

Source : "Lea Michele In Bloom". Interview with Marshall Heyman, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 3, 2011.
“True wilderness is where you keep it, and real wilderness experience cannot be a sedentary one; you have to seek it out not seated, but afoot.”

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