We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
Denis Diderot
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- When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
- Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
- When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years.
- The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.
- There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.