"The measure of (mental) health is flexibility (not comparison to some 'norm'), the freedom to learn from experience ... to be influenced by reasonable arguments ... and the appeal to the emotions ... and especially the freedom to cease when sated. The essence of illness is the freezing of behavior into unalterable and insatiable patterns."

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Source : Lawrence S. Kubie (1966). “Newurotic Distortion of the Creative Process”

David Brin

#Essence Quotes #Patterns Quotes #Emotion Quotes

“I've got two young kids. I don't know what the future holds.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The sun stands for energy and youth, which is what I thought the circus should be about.”
“Single mothers have as much to teach their children as married mothers and as much love to share--maybe more. Yet their motives are often labeled selfish and single-minded--never mind all the babies brought into the world to snag husbands, "save" faltering marriages or produce heirs.”
“The impossible is more believable than the highly improbable.”

Source : Louis Sachar (2011). “The Cardturner”, p.313, A&C Black
“There's a great deal of child left in me and acting is fun. It's a make believe thing.”
“Remember this-you can't serve God and Money, but you can serve God with money.”
“Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.”
“I just can't conceive of how a person could hate another because of skin color. I love every race on the planet earth.”

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