We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that permanently pursues us, that prevents us from loving others, and that prohibits us from…

Quote by Paul Valery

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The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present...

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present...

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very...

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...

Politeness is organized indifference

Politeness is organized indifference

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the...

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the...

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

I'm not religious, but I like God and he likes me.

I'm not religious, but I like God and he likes me.

Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words; This is...

Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words; This is...

The world is not a prison house but a kind of spiritual kindergarten where millions...

The world is not a prison house but a kind of spiritual kindergarten where millions...