"Truth is not always the best basis for happiness. There are certain lies which may constitute a far better and more secure foundation of happiness. There are people who perish when their eyes are opened."

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Source : "Autobiography of Wilhelm Stekel: The Life Story of a Pioneer Psychoanalyst". Book by Wilhelm Stekel, edited by Emil Arthur Gutheil, p. 206, 1950.

Wilhelm Stekel

#Lying Quotes #Eye Quotes #People Quotes

“You remind me of everything that followed.”

Source : Jhumpa Lahiri (2004). “The Namesake: A Novel”, p.124, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“When you need to be loved, you take love wherever you can find it. When you are desperate to be loved, feel love, know love, you seek out what you think love should look like. When you find love, or what you think love is, you will lie, kill, and steal to keep it. But learning about real love comes from within. It cannot be given. It cannot be taken away. It grows from your ability to re-create within yourself, the essence of loving experiences you have had in your life.”
“Always remember that your humanity is what will touch the people of the world.”
“Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.”
“I personally feel very undecided whether it is better for a woman to stay and look after the home or go out to a job.”
“My idea was to release four four-song EPs, just like all the old Limey shoegaze bands used to do.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Turn over the pages of history and read the damning record of the church's opposition to every advance in every field of science. . . .”
“Whether your life is happy or not is your own choice.”

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