Arise Quote by Lewis H. Lapham

Innate sensuousness rarely has any desire for accuracy, no desire for precise information. It basks in sunshine, bathes in color, dwells in a sense…

— Theodore Dreiser

“Few of us are not in some way infirm, or even diseased; and our very infirmities help us unexpectedly. In the psychopathic temperament we…

— William James

The passions possess a certain injustice and self interest which makes it dangerous to follow them, and in reality we should distrust them even…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Οur own distrust somewhat justifies the deceit of others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

History thus becomes largely a study of character. Insight into temperament is hardly less important than the probing of "original materials."

— Charles Francis Adams Jr

There are more defects in temperament than in the mind.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our genetic heritage endows each of us with a series of emotional set-points that determines our temperament. But the brain circuitry involved is extraordinarily…

— Daniel Goleman

“Thinking, even when thinking is difficult, versus nonthinking Awareness, even when awareness is challenging, versus unawareness Clarity, whether or not it comes easily, versus…

— Nathaniel Branden

“The over-whelming preponderance of people have not freely decided what to believe, but, rather, have been socially conditioned (indoctrinated) into their beliefs. They are…

— Richard Paul

The man scarce lives who is not more credulous than he ought to be... The natural disposition is always to believe. It is acquired…

— Adam Smith

Temperament is the thermometer of character.

— Honore de Balzac

“I’m consciously shedding the assumption that a skeptical point of view is the most intellectually credible. Intellect does not function in opposition to mystery;…

— Krista Tippett