Had [Winston Churchill] been a stable and equable man, he could never have inspired the nation. In 1940, when all the odds… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
Part of what we admire about a painting or a piece of music is the order which the artist has imposed upon what would… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
I owed Lewis one thing, at least. Once you had suffered the experience of presenting a case at one of his Monday morning conferences,… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes difficult to… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
If creative work protects a man against mental illness, it is small wonder that he pursues it with avidity; and even if the state… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
Some split between the inner world and outer world is common to all behaviour, and the need to bridge the gap is the source… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
When a man suffers from delusions he is described as mad but when a million do so they belong to a world religion — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
What chiefly concerns and alarms many of us are the problems arising from religious fanaticism. As long as large numbers of militant enthusiasts are… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
“[A]voidance behavior is a response designed to protect the infant from behavioural disorganization. If we transfer this concept to adult life, we can see… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may be just… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
Whether a belief is considered to be a delusion or not depends partly upon the intensity with which it is defended, and partly upon… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
The creative consequences of man's imaginative strivings may never make him whole; but they constitute his deepest consolations and his greatest glories. — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
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