Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to be the manifestation of a dire mental disease whose successful treatment depends on the patient learning to love the analyst more and himself less.

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Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but...

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but...

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic...

Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic...

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom,...

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom,...

He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not...

He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not...

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to...

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to...

The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe...

The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe...

Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim...

Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim...

If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you,...

If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you,...

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the...

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the...

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now...

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now...

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and...

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and...

We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to...

We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to...

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when...

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when...

There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography.

There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography.

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic...

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic...

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

The system isn't stupid, but the people in it are.

The system isn't stupid, but the people in it are.