We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the yearβs course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word βhappyβ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
A 'scream' is always just that - a noise and not music.
Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.
