Small: I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding
"I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding"
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Small: Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal dee
"Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed"
Stefan Zweig, Writer
Small: When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep it is
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musician
Small: Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite
"Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads"
Fritz Kreisler, Composer
Small: Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun
"Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun"
Franz Grillparzer, Poet
Small: In choosing a hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid. I clearly would have been burned at the stake in a
"In choosing a hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid. I clearly would have been burned at the stake in another age"
Thomas Gold, Scientist
Small: On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been invo
"On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in several Jewish projects, such as the establishment of a strong program of Judaic Studies at the University of California in San Diego"
Walter Kohn, Physicist
Small: A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection,
"A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living"
Rudolf Steiner, Philosopher
Small: War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror
"War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror"
Ludwig von Mises, Economist
Small: I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and no
"I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior"
Hedy Lamarr, Actress
Small: From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was base
Harry Seidler
"From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent, even if mostly translated into the locally available material in abundance: timber"
Harry Seidler, Architect
Small: What we observe as material bodies and forces are nothing but shapes and variations in the structure of space
"What we observe as material bodies and forces are nothing but shapes and variations in the structure of space"
Erwin Schrodinger, Scientist
Small: To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature
"To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature"
Ernst Fischer, Writer
Small: Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives
"Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives"
Viktor E. Frankl, Psychologist
Small: I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew
"I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew"
Theodore Bikel, Actor
Small: Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority,
Bruno Bettelheim
"Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect"
Bruno Bettelheim, Writer
Small: The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and
Sigmund Freud
"The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine
Sigmund Freud
"Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thir
Sigmund Freud
"The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is "What does a woman want?""
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the pow
Sigmund Freud
"The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind
Sigmund Freud
"The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: Like the physical, the psychical is not necessarily in reality what it appears to us to be
Sigmund Freud
"Like the physical, the psychical is not necessarily in reality what it appears to us to be"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake
Sigmund Freud
"Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness
Sigmund Freud
"Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization
Sigmund Freud
"The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water
Sigmund Freud
"The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: The first requisite of civilization is that of justice
Sigmund Freud
"The first requisite of civilization is that of justice"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightene
Sigmund Freud
"Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips ar
Sigmund Freud
"He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: He does not believe that does not live according to his belief
Sigmund Freud
"He does not believe that does not live according to his belief "
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me
Sigmund Freud
"Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in
Sigmund Freud
"Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy
Sigmund Freud
"Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: Children are completely egoistic they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them
Sigmund Freud
"Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise
Sigmund Freud
"Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patients ego freedom to d
Sigmund Freud
"Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home
Sigmund Freud
"Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success
Sigmund Freud
"America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: America is a mistake, a giant mistake
Sigmund Freud
"America is a mistake, a giant mistake"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror
Sigmund Freud
"A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist