Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.
—Robert Wilson, 1991Quotes
Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.
—William Shakespeare, 1592In the society of men, the truth resides now less in what things are than in what they are not. Our social realities are so ugly if seen in the light of exiled truth, and beauty is almost no longer possible if it is not a lie.
—R.D. Laing, 1967Men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, c. 50 BCThe more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.
—Italo Calvino, 1967Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
—Tom Robbins, 1976One thing alone not even God can do: to make undone whatever has been done.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCAppearances often are deceiving.
—Aesop, c. 550 BCHave you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a centaur, a leopard, a wolf, or a bull?
—Aristophanes, 423 BCThere is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.
—John Locke, 1689In the past, men created witches; now they create mental patients.
—Thomas Szasz, 1970The fact is certain because it is impossible.
—Tertullian, c. 200