#mental

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#almost #barter #begin #both #continue

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. ↗

— Lord Acton

#control #few #frequently #gangsters #get

Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell. ↗

— Renata Adler

#clearly #community #consensus #defines #life

The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#analysis #defy #issues #mental #movement

Instrumental music can spread the international language. ↗

— Herb Alpert

#international #international language #language #music #national language

Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with. ↗

— Adam Ant

#deal #dealt #faced #final #great

I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And I'm not judgmental. And I'm a vegetarian. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#comes #i #i am #judgmental #just

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent. ↗

— Jan Peter Balkenende

#bitter #fundamental #great #how #mission

I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#divorce #eyes #failure #hate #i

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#irony #literary #qualities #two