Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients.
Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.
If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic.
