“It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.”
― Civilization and Its Discontents
― Civilization and Its Discontents
“When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.”
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“A love that does not discriminate seems to me to forfeit a part of its own value, by doing an injustice to its object; and secondly, not all men are worthy of love.”
― Civilization and Its Discontents
― Civilization and Its Discontents
“ما قلتَ أنتَ ولا سمعتُ أنا هذا حديثٌ لا يليقُ بنا
إنّ الكرامَ إذا صحبتهمُ سَترُوا القَبيحَ وَأظهَرُوا الحَسَنَا”
― ديوان بهاء الدين زهير
إنّ الكرامَ إذا صحبتهمُ سَترُوا القَبيحَ وَأظهَرُوا الحَسَنَا”
― ديوان بهاء الدين زهير
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