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“1)A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

2)Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

3)Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave.

4)The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe.

5)Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.

6)Science does not permit exceptions.”
― Claude Bernard

“In my view, if you don’t understand how repression operates, real growth is nearly impossible since you’re unlikely to come into contact with that pain you’re warding off. Even if you’re able to overcome some kind of maladaptive behavior or thought pattern, you’re likely to develop another equally maladaptive strategy to keep the repressed at bay. Freud always insisted that unconscious material is “indestructible.” Just because you’re not consciously aware of how much anger you feel toward your father, that doesn’t mean the anger has disappeared. It will inevitably continue to make its presence known in covert ways – humorous little digs, for instance, or sarcasm.”
― Joseph Burgo, Why Do I Do That?

“In health, then, children develop enough belief in themselves and in
other people to hate external controls of all kinds, controls have changed
over into self-control. In self-control the conflict has been worked
through within the person in advance. So I see it this way: good condi-
tions in the early stages lead to a sense of security, and a sense of security
leads on to seIf-control, and when selfcontrol is a fact, then security that
is imposed is an insult (36).”
― D.W. Winnicott

“Perseverance is a virtue of the less brilliant.”
― Santiago Ramón y Cajal