They that deny a God destroy man's nobility for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body, and if he is not of kin to God by his spirit he is a base and ignoble creature
Francis BaconSuppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so knowledge remains better than ignorance.
Isaac AsimovIllusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.
Sigmund FreudMan lives for science as well as bread.
William JamesIf our condition were truly happy we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy.
Blaise PascalLet the wife make the husband glad to come home and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
Martin LutherArt is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.
Theodor W. AdornoThe art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing, the main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack.
Marcus AureliusAnimation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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