Ismail N.
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“We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Yet it is a fact that no amount of such enthusiasm, however sincere and profound it may be, can compel a problem to yield scientific results.”
― From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
― From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
“In psychology it is very important that the doctor should not strive to heal at all costs. One has to be exceedingly careful not to impose one's own will and conviction on the patient. You have to give him a certain amount of freedom. You can't wrest people away from their fate, just as in medicine you cannot cure a patient if nature means him to die. Sometimes it is really a question whether you are allowed to rescue a man from the fate he must undergo for the sake of his further development.”
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“Wisdom is a return to childhood.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
“All I really wanted was to try to live the life that was spontaneously welling up within me. Why was that so difficult?”
― Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
― Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
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