"I am very much aware of my own double self... The well-known one is very under control; everything is planned and very secure. The unknown one can be very unpleasant. I think this side is responsible for all the creative work - he is in touch with the child."

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Source : Ingmar Bergman, Raphael Shargel (2007). “Ingmar Bergman: Interviews”, p.160, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Ingmar Bergman

#Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes

“Don't expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live.”
“Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order to be content and complete.”
“I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.”

Source : "Thomas Mann and Zoey Deutch Talk BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, Auditioning without Seeing the Script, Working with Emma Thopmson, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 12, 2013.
“It is better to give love. Hatred is a low and degrading motion and is so poisonous that no man is strong enough to use it safely. The hatred we think we are directing against some person or thing or system has a devilish way of turning back upon us. When we seek revenge we administer slow poison to ourselves. When we administer affection it is astonishing what magical results we obtain.”
“Chronically dysfunctioning families are also delusional. Delusion is sincere denial.”
“Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun”

Source : Song: Authority Song
“In the soft and gentle arms of a mother's love, children can come to know the voice of the Lord.”
“In a free government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other in the multiplicity of sects.”

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