An improbable opinion has to submit sooner or later to correction. But the
statements of religion are the most improbable of all and yet they persist
for thousands of years. Their wholly unexpected vitality proves the
existence of a sufficient cause which has so far eluded scientific
investigation. -- Carl Gustav Jung
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Saturday, May 30, 2020
Fortune Quote #2860
A miracle is something that arouses man's wonder precisely because it
seems inexplicable. -- Carl Gustav Jung
seems inexplicable. -- Carl Gustav Jung
Friday, May 29, 2020
Fortune Quote #2859
If, in physics, one seeks to explain the nature of light, nobody expects
that as a result there will be no light. But in the case of psychology
everybody believes that what it explains is explained away. -- Carl
Gustav Jung
that as a result there will be no light. But in the case of psychology
everybody believes that what it explains is explained away. -- Carl
Gustav Jung
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Fortune Quote #2858
I'm no longer as young as I was, but I can tell you this, you never miss
an opportunity to piss, to eat, or to get half an hour's shut-eye.
-- Mr. Nancy (Neil Gaiman, "American Gods")
an opportunity to piss, to eat, or to get half an hour's shut-eye.
-- Mr. Nancy (Neil Gaiman, "American Gods")
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Fortune Quote #2857
That is the eternal folly of man. To be chasing after the sweet flesh,
without realizing that it is simply a pretty cover for the bones. Worm
food. At night, you're rubbing yourself against worm food. No offense
meant. -- Mr. Wednesday (Neil Gaiman, "American Gods")
without realizing that it is simply a pretty cover for the bones. Worm
food. At night, you're rubbing yourself against worm food. No offense
meant. -- Mr. Wednesday (Neil Gaiman, "American Gods")
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Fortune Quote #2856
You cannot hope to bribe or twist Thank God! The British journalist. But,
seeing what the man will do Un-bribed, there's no occasion to. --
Humbert Wolfe
seeing what the man will do Un-bribed, there's no occasion to. --
Humbert Wolfe
Monday, May 25, 2020
Fortune Quote #2855
If the Coastal Republic had believed in the _existence_ of virtue, it
could at least have aspired to hypocrisy. -- Neal Stephenson, "The
Diamond Age"
could at least have aspired to hypocrisy. -- Neal Stephenson, "The
Diamond Age"
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Fortune Quote #2854
This is how easily the pit opens This is how one foot sinks into the
ground -- Rita Dove, Mother Love
ground -- Rita Dove, Mother Love
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Friday, May 22, 2020
Fortune Quote #2852
In choosing to enslave other men it is impossible not to concede the
justice of one's own enslavement. -- Harry Jaffa
justice of one's own enslavement. -- Harry Jaffa
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Fortune Quote #2851
Tyranny need not announce itself with guns and trumpets. It may come
softly -- so softly that we will barely notice when we become one of those
countries where there are no citizens but only subjects. So softly that if
a well meaning foreigner should suggest `Perhaps you could do something
about your oppression,' we might look up, puzzled, and ask `What
oppression?' -- Mary Ann Glendon
softly -- so softly that we will barely notice when we become one of those
countries where there are no citizens but only subjects. So softly that if
a well meaning foreigner should suggest `Perhaps you could do something
about your oppression,' we might look up, puzzled, and ask `What
oppression?' -- Mary Ann Glendon
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Fortune Quote #2850
If the majority favors despotism, it is no longer a free people, whether
the form of the government has already changed or not. -- Harry
Jaffa, "Crisis of the House Divided"
the form of the government has already changed or not. -- Harry
Jaffa, "Crisis of the House Divided"
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Fortune Quote #2849
A free people cannot disagree on the relative merits of freedom and
despotism without ceasing, to the extent of the difference, to be a free
people. -- Harry Jaffa, "Crisis of the House Divided"
despotism without ceasing, to the extent of the difference, to be a free
people. -- Harry Jaffa, "Crisis of the House Divided"
Monday, May 18, 2020
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Friday, May 15, 2020
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Monday, May 11, 2020
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Fortune Quote #2840
"In democracy it's your vote that counts; In feudalism it's your count
that votes."
that votes."
Saturday, May 9, 2020
Friday, May 8, 2020
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Fortune Quote #2836
In spite of the fact that the road to hell is paved with good intentions,
I think the road to heaven has to start there, too. -- Sue Shulman
I think the road to heaven has to start there, too. -- Sue Shulman
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Fortune Quote #2835
The displacement of the idea that facts and evidence matter by the idea
that everything boils down to subjective interests and perspectives is --
second only to American political campaigns -- the most prominent and
pernicious manifestation of anti-intellectualism in our time. --
Larry Laudan, Science and Relativism (1990)
that everything boils down to subjective interests and perspectives is --
second only to American political campaigns -- the most prominent and
pernicious manifestation of anti-intellectualism in our time. --
Larry Laudan, Science and Relativism (1990)
Monday, May 4, 2020
Fortune Quote #2834
Again and again and in increasing measure [man] gets into danger of
overlooking the necessary irrationalities of his psyche, and of imagining
that he can control everything by will and reason alone, and thus paddle
his own canoe. This can be seen most clearly in the great socio-political
movements, such as Socialism and Communism: under the former the state
suffers, and under the latter, man. -- Carl Gustav Jung
overlooking the necessary irrationalities of his psyche, and of imagining
that he can control everything by will and reason alone, and thus paddle
his own canoe. This can be seen most clearly in the great socio-political
movements, such as Socialism and Communism: under the former the state
suffers, and under the latter, man. -- Carl Gustav Jung
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Fortune Quote #2833
The fact that Christian ethics leads to collisions of duty speaks in its
favor. By engendering insoluble conflicts... it brings us nearer to a
knowledge of God. -- Carl Gustav Jung
favor. By engendering insoluble conflicts... it brings us nearer to a
knowledge of God. -- Carl Gustav Jung
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Fortune Quote #2832
It must be admitted that a bit of rage or a sulk has its secret
attractions. Were that not so, most people would long since have acquired
a little wisdom. -- Carl Gustav Jung
attractions. Were that not so, most people would long since have acquired
a little wisdom. -- Carl Gustav Jung
Friday, May 1, 2020
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