Psychology

“Just because a witness is confident and emotional and detailed doesn’t mean that this thing they are describing really happened.”

“The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.”

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

“A failure is not always a mistake; it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances.”

“I like the notion of suffering and of guilt driving melancholy.”

“Stay close to the bottom. Now understand bottom on about 10 levels there: the earth, the poor, your own shadow self.”

“As a filmmaker, that’s the real challenge, getting under the anecdotes and into the blood and guts of the man.”

“Più che dalla ragione, la mia vita è guidata dall’istinto.”

“Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes.”

“I work all the time. It gives me the illusion that I am younger and will not die.”

“You enter into the soul, the spirit of somebody else by listening to them, not by telling them something.”

“But I have no memory. At least, not in the conventional sense.”

“The fundamental thing that I feel life’s experience teaches anyone, is the ability to develop a keener sense of empathy for an increasing set of people around you and the community around you.”

“It is a sadistic pleasure. The suffering never stops – that’s the problem.”

“عابوا قريضي وما عابوا بمعرفةِ ولن ترى الشمسَ أبصارَ الخفافيشِ”

“I have a sore warfare in this world!”

“The key to maximizing talents is to put yourself into the zone of stimulation that’s right for you.”

“The thing that surprised me is not how different people are; it’s actually how similar people are.”

“Tout flatteur Vit aux dépens de celui qui l’écoute.”

“There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.”