"Nothing is more dangerous to reason than the flights of the imagination and nothing has been the occasion of more mistakes among philosophers."

-- David Hume

#Mistake Quotes #Imagination Quotes #Philosopher Quotes

“Why would so many risk their reputations, families, careers—even presidential legacies—for something that runs against human nature? Were monogamy an ancient, evolved trait characteristic of our species, as the standard narrative insists, these ubiquitous transgressions would be infrequent and such horrible enforcement unnecessary. No creature needs to be threatened with death to act in accord with its own nature.”
“I'm looking for someone who will light candles, not just curse the darkness.”

Source : Joshua Harris (2012). “I Kissed Dating Goodbye: A New Attitude Toward Relationships and Romance”, p.198, Multnomah
“I think that a symbolism is attached to particular images, becomes marked in the unconscious. To exorcise it, to rearrange it, to reshape it, to make it my own, involves unearthing it, describing it, deploying it inform, and then rearranging it.”
“Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!”
“What most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the public likes and appreciates them for.”
“All of our dignity consists in thought. Let us endeavor then to think well; this is the principle of morality.”
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”

Source : Rachel Carson (2011). “The Sense of Wonder”, p.41, Open Road Media
“The mind is like a trunk: if well-packed, it holds almost every thing; if ill-packed, next to nothing.”

Source : Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”, p.298

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