Nikola Tesla Says: “By an irony of fate, my first employment was as a draughtsman.”
Nikola Tesla Says: “By an irony of fate, my first employment was as a draughtsman. I hated drawing; it was for me the very worst of annoyances. Fortunately, it
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Sigmund Freud says: “There is to my mind no doubt that the concept of beautiful had its roots in sexual excitation”
Sigmund Freud says: “There is to my mind no doubt that the concept of beautiful had its roots in sexual excitation and that its original meaning was sexually stimulating.”
Sigmund Freud says: “Suffering comes from three quarters”
Sigmund Freud says: “Suffering comes from three quarters: from our own body, which is destined to decay and dissolution, and cannot even dispense with anxiety and pain as danger-signals; from the outer world, which can rage against us with the…
Sigmund Freud says: “Conservatism, however, is too often a welcome excuse for lazy minds”
Sigmund Freud says: “Conservatism, however, is too often a welcome excuse for lazy minds, loath to adapt themselves to fast changing conditions.”
Sigmund Freud says: “How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.”
Sigmund Freud says: “How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.”
Plato says: “There is nothing I like better than conversing with aged men.”
Plato says: “There is nothing I like better than conversing with aged men. For I regard them as travelers who have gone a journey which I too may have to go, and of whom I ought to inquire whether the…
Plato says: “How singular is the thing called pleasure”
Plato says: “How singular is the thing called pleasure, and how curiously related to pain, which might be thought to be the opposite of it; for they never come to a man together, and yet he who pursues either of…
Plato says: “The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.”
Plato says: “The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.”
Plato says: “States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers”
Plato says: “States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers.”
Paulo Coelho says: “It was the pure Language of the World.”
Paulo Coelho says: “It was the pure Language of the World. It required no explanation, just as the universe needs none as it travels through endless time. What the boy felt at that moment was that he was in the…