Psychohistory Journal Quotes & Sayings

The importance of the ordinary citizen is very greatly underestimated - not so much by those in authority as by the ordinary citizen himself. — Jan Struther

To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education. — John Dickey

They will tell me I talk about things I have never experienced but only dreamed
to which I might reply: it is a lovely thing to dream such dreams! And besides, our dreams are much more our experiences than we believe
we must relearn about dreams! If I have dreamed thousands of times about flying
would you not believe that when I am awake I also possess feelings and needs giving me an edge on most people
and ... — Friedrich Nietzsche

There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people. — Bayard Taylor

Every war has turning points and every person too. — Meg Rosoff

The problems we discover on our own are the ones that motivate us the most — Eric Weiner

At forty-one, now I think it would be really cool to have an A&R guy say, "You know what? I don't think you've got this album sequenced right." — Craig Finn

The bottom line is that there is a lot more that could and should be done to help people with nutrition and exercise. — Parris Glendening

Listen to the air.
You can hear it, feel it,
smell it, taste it.
Woniya wakan, the holy air,
which renews all by its breath.
Woniya wakan, spirit, life, breath, renewal,
it means all that.
We sit together, don't touch,
but something is there,
we feel it between us
as a presence.
A good way to start thinking
about nature
is to talk to it,
talk to the rivers, to the lakes,
to the winds,
as to our relatives. — John Fire Lame Deer

It takes use to make knowledge worthwhile. — J.S. Morin

If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a considerable percentage of our material is bound to malfunction even before it is deployed against a foe. We no longer waste manpower by carrying the flag into battle. Instead we need battalions of electronic engineers to keep the terrible machinery grinding. — Ernest K. Gann