Quote by Oliver James Download Open image ““Human kind cannot bear very much reality’.”” — Oliver James ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Humankind cannot bear very much reality. -TS Elliot, quoted by Groothuis” — Douglas Groothuis Copy Share Image
“Human’s aren’t concerned with reality, merely their perceptions of it.” — Benjamin R. Smith Copy Share Image
“It reminds insistently of how tenuous our own hold on reality may sometimes be. It challenges our sense of the very limits of what… — Andrew Scull Copy Share Image
“Reality is infinitely diverse. It resists classification, inward life. Peculiar to us...not simply the official existence.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“We have to accept that much of reality is ineffable and so to understand it we can't rely on words alone.” — Oli Anderson Copy Share Image
“People don't handle reality very well and prefer the story we make of our lives instead.” — Laura Gilfillan Copy Share Image
“That genes explain our behaviour and well-being distracts attention from society as a cause; such ideas also encourage us to accept or pursue chemical,… — Oliver James Copy Share Image
“the UNICEF State of the World’s Children report for 2001 stated that ‘for a government that wants to improve the lot of its people,… — Oliver James Copy Share Image
Never fear the golding of a sunset. It means more than just the closing of another day. But marks the brightness of a new… — Oliver James Copy Share Image
Quite apart from our desire to avoid destroying the planet or economic meltdown, I offer another reason to position cooperation at the heart of… — Oliver James Copy Share Image
“Neurosis is the rule, not the exception’, and grasping this can help us to see that we are not alone. It is also the… — Oliver James Copy Share Image
“Americans are six times more likely to suffer than citizens of Shanghai (China) and Nigeria. In general, citizens of English-speaking nations are twice as… — Oliver James Copy Share Image
“There is no way back to certainty, simplicity and innocence, only the way forward into confusion, uncertainty and knowingness. The gasps of wonder become… — Oliver James Copy Share Image
I contend that most emotional distress is best understood as a rational response to sick societies. — Oliver James Copy Share Image