

“The problem with the ignorant person is precisely that, despite not being good or intelligent, he regards himself as satisfactory.”
― The Symposium
― The Symposium

“Are there control agencies? There are only control agencies.”
― The Castle
― The Castle

“The man falling isn't permitted to feel or hear himself hit bottom. He just keeps falling and falling. The whole arrangement's designed for men who, at some time or other in their lives, were looking for something their own environment couldn't supply them with. Or they thought their own environment couldn't supply them with. So they gave up looking. They gave it up before they ever really even got started...
...'The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.' (Wilhelm Stekel)...
...you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
...'The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.' (Wilhelm Stekel)...
...you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now.”
― The Catcher in the Rye

“One grows out of pity when it's useless.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
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