David Northrop > David's Quotes

“The only interesting philosophers are the ones who have stopped thinking and have begun to search for happiness.”
― Emil Cioran, Tears and Saints

“I’ve often wondered which, psychiatry or religion, has done more damage. Between them, they about owned it all.”
― William Brinkley, The Last Ship

“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.”
― Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening

“The central inner conflict is one between the constructive forces of the real self and the obstructive forces of the pride system, between healthy growth and the drive to prove in actuality the perfection of the idealized self.”
― Karen Horney, Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization

“A normal human being… does not exist.”
― Karen Horney