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“I cannot get any sense of an enemy - only of a disaster.”
Source : D. H. Lawrence, George J. Zytaruk, James T. Boulton (2002). “The Letters of D. H. Lawrence”, p.214, Cambridge University Press
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“It seems to us that in intelligence there is a fundamental faculty, the alteration or the lack of which, is of the utmost importance for practical life. This faculty is judgment, otherwise called good sense, practical sense, initiative, the faculty of adapting one's self to circumstances. A person may be a moron or an imbecile if he is lacking in judgment; but with good judgment he can never be either. Indeed the rest of the intellectual faculties seem of little importance in comparison with judgment”
Source : "The development of intelligence in children" by Alfred Binet, Théodore Simon, translated by Elizabeth S. Kite, Reprinted 1973, New York: Arno Press, (pp. 42-43), 1983.
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“To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.”
Source : Karen Horney (2013). “Self-Analysis”, p.36, Routledge
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“Suppression of expression conceals the real problems confronting a society and diverts public attention from the critical issues. It is likely to result in neglect of the grievances which are the actual basis of the unrest, and thus prevent their correction.”
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“This is passive-aggression in action.”
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“Resignations are for Prime Ministers and those caught with their trousers down, not for me.”
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“Mathematical studies may serve for a pleasant entertainment for those hours which young men are apt to throw away upon their vices.”
Source : George Atherton Aitken, John Arbuthnot (1892). “The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D.: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians”
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“God is not there just for emergencies.”
