Thursday, February 10, 2005
“Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is capricious, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline.”
- Barbara Tuchman (1912 – 1989), American historian: “Stilwell and the American Experience in China: 1911 – 1945”, 1970.
“Self-love depressed becomes self-loathing.”
- Sally Kempton (b. 1943), American author: ‘Cutting Loose’, published in “Esquire” (New York), July 1970.
“If you don’t understand yourself you don’t understand anybody else.”
- Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943), American poet: in conversation with James Baldwin, November 4, 1971, published in “A Dialogue”, 1973.
“Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.”
- Eric Fromm (1900 – 1980), American psychologist: “Man for Himself”, 1947.
- Barbara Tuchman (1912 – 1989), American historian: “Stilwell and the American Experience in China: 1911 – 1945”, 1970.
“Self-love depressed becomes self-loathing.”
- Sally Kempton (b. 1943), American author: ‘Cutting Loose’, published in “Esquire” (New York), July 1970.
“If you don’t understand yourself you don’t understand anybody else.”
- Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943), American poet: in conversation with James Baldwin, November 4, 1971, published in “A Dialogue”, 1973.
“Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.”
- Eric Fromm (1900 – 1980), American psychologist: “Man for Himself”, 1947.
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