Stekel Quotes & Sayings

Statistics is the art of lying by means of figures. — Wilhelm Stekel

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. — J.D. Salinger

Since I'm doing so much science, I think the reason these ideas have occurred to me and not to other people in music is simply the influence that science plays in my life: working in laboratories, thinking of models, hypothesis, putting things together, trying to make sense of it all and so forth. — Dave Soldier

Anxiety is the fear of one's self. — Wilhelm Stekel

Love rarely overtakes; it mostly comes to meet us. — Wilhelm Stekel

Let us choose to live our lives with the joy of loving. — Debasish Mridha

Vane's caught between two worlds, and the only way to fix that is to rip one away. — Shannon Messenger

People who do not understand themselves have a craving for understanding - a thing which is rather surmised and never spoken than known and clothed in words. — Wilhelm Stekel

You could try and understand people, you could read books and understand words and concepts and ideas, but you could never understand enough or have enough knowledge to keep away the surprises that both fate and human beings had in store. — Deb Caletti

Many an attack of depression is nothing but the expression of regret at having to be virtuous. — Wilhelm Stekel

There aren't that many female role models in science. There are a couple of women, but mostly you've got Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss - they're all guys. Bill Nye the Science Guy. I love that guy, but it's all guys. — Elise Andrew

In reality, we are still children. We want to find a playmate for our thoughts and feelings. — Wilhelm Stekel

The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one — Wilhelm Stekel

Gold that buys health can never be ill spent, Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment. — John Webster

Love at first sight is a revival of an infantile impression. The first love object reappears in a different disguise. — Wilhelm Stekel

You cannot have a best friend for one hundred and fifty four years without trust. — Jessica Fortunato

Truth is not always the best basis for happiness. There are certain lies which may constitute a far better and more secure foundation of happiness. There are people who perish when their eyes are opened. — Wilhelm Stekel

Fervid atheism is usually a screen for repressed religion. — Wilhelm Stekel

Every fear is fear of death. — Wilhelm Stekel

I realize it has become too easy to find a diet to fit in with whatever you happen to feel like eating and that diets are not there to be picked and mixed but picked and stuck to, which is exactly what I shall begin to do once I've eaten this chocolate croissant. — Helen Fielding