Psychology

“What I learned about our encounters with strangers is that we're in too much of a hurry, that we seize on what available evidence is out there and jump to conclusions.”

“Because when you look within yourself, you see the outside clearly.”

“The enemies of liberal democracy hack our feelings of fear and hate and vanity, and then use these feelings to polarize and destroy.”

“The secret is following my instincts.”

“في المعاودة وحدها تاريخ تكون شخصيتي، فقد كان هناك عاملان يفعلان في نفسي: شدة الحساسية، ومحاسبة النفس.”

“Si vous voulez plaire, il faut connaître l’âme populaire.”

“Part of me suspects that I'm a loser and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.”

“Humor ist der Knopf, der verhindert, daß uns der Kragen platzt.”

“And yet in our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.”

“The former was superstition; the latter is undisguised egoism.”

“What reasons have you to envy anything?”

“Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness.”

“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”