Marc Gilbert-Widmann

Tag: Human

  • Carl Jung Quote for 16APR 2014 ~ Catastrophes

    “The gigantic catastrophes that threaten us today are not elemental happenings of a physical or biological order, but psychic events. To a quite terrifying degree we are threatened by wars and revolutions which are nothing other than psychic epidemics. At any moment several million human beings may be smitten with a new madness, and then […]

  • Quote of the Day 03APR 2014 ~ Invention of Solitude

      “He finds it extraordinary that on some mornings, just after he has woken up, as he bends down to tie his shoes, he is flooded with a happiness so intense, a happiness so naturally and harmoniously at one with the world, that he can feel himself alive in the present, a present that surrounds […]

  • Quote of the Day 01 February 2014 – Happier

    “The average human being is actually quite bad at predicting what he or she should do in order to be happier, and this inability to predict keeps people from, well, being happier. In fact, psychologist Daniel Gilbert has made a career out of demonstrating that human beings are downright awful at predicting their own likes […]

  • Quote of the Day 27 December 2013 – Happiness (again)

                    “If I am to believe everything that I see in the media, happiness is to be six foot tall or more and to have bleached teeth and a firm abdomen, all the latest clothes, accessories, and electronics, a picture-perfect partner of the opposite sex who is both a […]

  • Quote of the Day 23 December 2013 – Predicting

    “The average human being is actually quite bad at predicting what he or she should do in order to be happier, and this inability to predict keeps people from, well, being happier. In fact, psychologist Daniel Gilbert has made a career out of demonstrating that human beings are downright awful at predicting their own likes […]

  • Quote of the Day 20 December 2013 – Happiness

    “If someone offered the chance to be happy for the rest of your life, everyone in the room will bid, but what they don’t know that the secret is nothing, they all have the power already with them. One of the most bizarre quirks of human beings is that they have always craved for happiness […]

  • Quote of the Day 3 December 2013 – World

    “Maybe each human being lives in a unique world, a private world different from those inhabited and experienced by all other humans. . . If reality differs from person to person, can we speak of reality singular, or shouldn’t we really be talking about plural realities? And if there are plural realities, are some more […]

  • Quote of the Day 28 October 2013 – Writing

    “If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it.” ? Anaïs Nin Related articles Gore Vidal’s Secret, Unpublished Love Letter To Anaïs Nin | Kim Krizan Anaïs Nin on Writing, the Future of the Novel, […]

  • Quote of the Day 24 October 2013 – Human History

    “To Be Hopeful” in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys […]

  • Thoughts of the Day 13 October 2013 – Human Satisfaction

    “When I meet people in different parts of the world, I am always reminded that we are all basically alike: we are all human beings. Maybe we have different clothes, our skin is of a different colour, or we speak different languages. That is on the surface. But basically, we are the same human beings. […]