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Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning.
“My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.”
― The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #9 )
― The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #9 )
“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
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“I followed you.'
I saw no one.'
That is what you may expect to see when I follow you.”
― Die Teufelskralle
I saw no one.'
That is what you may expect to see when I follow you.”
― Die Teufelskralle
“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?'
'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.'
'The dog did nothing in the night-time.'
'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.”
― Silver Blaze
'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.'
'The dog did nothing in the night-time.'
'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.”
― Silver Blaze
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