Lewinsohn Quotes & Sayings

As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. — George Orwell

I have an acute sense of delicacy. Naturally I am prejudiced in favour of virtue.
("The Accursed Cordonnier") — Bernard Capes

We've got to stick together, that's all I know. We all drive each other crazy at times, but I don't want to end up here alone, like the Hermit. Then this really would be Hell. Humans do such terrible things to each other that sometimes my brain tells me they must be evil. But my heart still isn't convinced.
I just hope we can survive. — John Marsden

Among intellectuals who consider themselves 'scientific,' the phrase 'the nature of man' is apt to have the effect of a red flag on a bull. — Murray Rothbard

India is beyond statement, for anything you say, the opposite is also true. It's rich and poor, spiritual and material, cruel and kind, angry but peaceful, ugly and beautiful, and smart but stupid. It's all the extremes. — Sarah Macdonald

God shall not forgive that person until he forgives his brother, for rancor is a serious affliction that festers in one's heart and blocks good things from coming to one. — Hamza Yusuf

Honestly, if you're looking for love and you're not too choosy, hang around a hardware store fingering screws. — Marian Keyes

Information wants to be free,because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. — Stewart Brand

Many of the benefits of CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) can be obtained without going into therapy. There are a number of self-help books, CDs and computer programs that have been used to treat depression and some of these have been tested in clinical trials with positive results. I can particularly recommend these two books. One is 'Control Your Depression', the lead author of which is Peter Lewinsohn, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon ... The other book that I can recommend with confidence is 'Feeling Good' by the psychiatrist David Burns. 'Control Your Depression' emphasizes behavioral techniques like increasing pleasant activities, improving social skills and learning to relax. 'Feeling Good' puts greater emphasis on changing the way people think about themselves. But both books include both cognitive and behavioral techniques. — Irving Kirsch

I lost agents and managers because I turned down big movies that were smutty. — Morgan Brittany

Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause — Ibn Taymiyyah

And it is one of the miracles of science and hygiene that the germs that used to be in our food have been replaced by poisons. — Wendell Berry