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> [English is such a deliciously complex and undisciplined language, we can bend, fuse, distort words to all our purposes. We give old words new meanings, and we borrow new words from any language that intrudes into our intellectual environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/english-is-such-a-deliciously-complex-and-undisciplined-language-we/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

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## More by Willard Gaylin

> [A man may not always be what he appears to be, but what he appears to be is always a significant part of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/a-man-may-not-always-be-what-he-appears-to-be-but-what-he-appears-to/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [Feelings are the fine instruments which shape decision-making in an animal cursed and blessed with intelligence, and the freedom which is its corollary. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/feelings-are-the-fine-instruments-which-shape-decision-making-in-an/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [We must live in groups; other people are like nutrients for us, and are absolutely essential for our survival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/we-must-live-in-groups-other-people-are-like-nutrients-for-us-and-are/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [We are what we seem to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/we-are-what-we-seem-to-be/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [Our imagination and reasoning powers facilitate anxiety; the anxious feeling is precipitated not by an absolute impending threat-such as the worry about an examination,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/our-imagination-and-reasoning-powers-facilitate-anxiety-the-anxious/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/to-probe-for-unconscious-determinants-of-behavior-and-then-define-a/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [Feeling good and feeling bad are not necessarily opposites. Both at least involve feelings. Any feeling is a reminder of life. The worst 'feeling'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/feeling-good-and-feeling-bad-are-not-necessarily-opposites-both-at/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [I not only think that we will tamper with Mother Nature, I think Mother wants us to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/i-not-only-think-that-we-will-tamper-with-mother-nature-i-think/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [All of us inevitably spend our lives evolving from an initial to a final stage of dependence. If we are fortunate enough to achieve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/all-of-us-inevitably-spend-our-lives-evolving-from-an-initial-to-a/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [Life is to be enjoyed, not simply endured. Pleasure and goodness and joy support the pursuit of survival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/life-is-to-be-enjoyed-not-simply-endured-pleasure-and-goodness-and/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [Jealousy, which serves the struggle for survival, can deteriorate into the envy which draws defeat even from victory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/jealousy-which-serves-the-struggle-for-survival-can-deteriorate-into/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [We occupy a space of our own creation-a collage compounded by bits and pieces of actuality arranged into a design determined by our internal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/we-occupy-a-space-of-our-own-creation-a-collage-compounded-by-bits/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [Man, the most complicated of the animals, has a relatively short gestation period. Beyond that, he will be born, unlike most mammals, in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/man-the-most-complicated-of-the-animals-has-a-relatively-short/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [Because we are intelligent creatures-meaning that we are freed from instinctive and patterned behavior to a degree unparalleled in the animal kingdom-we are capable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/because-we-are-intelligent-creatures-meaning-that-we-are-freed-from/)

[Willard Gaylin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-gaylin/)

> [Expressing anger is a form of public littering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-gaylin/expressing-anger-is-a-form-of-public-littering/)

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