#disturbed

The mentally disturbed do not employ the Principle of Scientific Parsimony: the most simple theory to explain a given set of facts. They shoot for the baroque. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#mentally-disturbed #religion #science #religion

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. ↗

— Epictetus

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Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contemporary subjects. ↗

— Lion Feuchtwanger

#dealt #disturbed #epoch #ever #historical

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results. ↗

— Carl Jung

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People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them. ↗

— Epictetus

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It is the Band which unites the Interests of Individuals; it secures to them their respective Rights, and preserves them from Injuries; it is the Source of numberless Blessings, which are interrupted, or wholly vanish, the Moment it is disturbed. ↗

— Charles Inglis

#blessings #disturbed #individuals #injuries #interests

I am disappointed and disturbed by both the NFL and the Dodgers - but much more by the Dodgers. ↗

— Zev Yaroslavsky

#both #disappointed #disturbed #dodgers #i

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us. ↗

— John Lancaster Spalding

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It's not him who's disturbed. But he likes to disturb others--to shake them out of their rut. ↗

— Jostein Gaarder

#disturbed #learning #life #philosophy #wisdom

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected. ↗