Quotes for the Depression Forums 06-24-10
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:25 pm
Thank you Stephen for sending these for the Corner.
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.
-- Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Science and Scientism"
Sanity is a madness put to good use.
-- George Santayana
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
-- Samuel Butler
I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought, Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert.
-- Demetri Martin, New York Magazine, October 3, 2005
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.
-- Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Science and Scientism"
Sanity is a madness put to good use.
-- George Santayana
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
-- Samuel Butler
I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought, Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert.
-- Demetri Martin, New York Magazine, October 3, 2005