The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

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It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a...

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a...

The will to believe is perhaps the most powerful, but certainly the most dangerous human...

The will to believe is perhaps the most powerful, but certainly the most dangerous human...

With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members...

With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members...

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be...

Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be...

History seems not so much a record of past events, more a catalogue of preferred...

History seems not so much a record of past events, more a catalogue of preferred...

Belief gets in the way of learning.

Belief gets in the way of learning.

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any...

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any...

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from...

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from...

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner...

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of...

Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of...

People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil....

People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil....

We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there....

We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there....

A warriorfeeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge,...

A warriorfeeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge,...

The greatest American superstition is a belief in facts

The greatest American superstition is a belief in facts

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational...

Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational...

He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.

He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the...

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the...

I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had...

I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had...