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Demian • Hermann Hesse“When I play with my cat, who knows whether she isn't amusing herself with me more than I am with her? ”
Essays • Michel De Montaigne“A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest form of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal in satisfying his vices. And it all comes from lying — to others and to yourself.”
The Karamazov Brothers • Fyodor Dostoevski“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.”
So Be It; or, The Chips Are Down • Andre Gide“The dream arises from a part of the mind unknown to us, but none the less important, and is concerned with the desires for the approaching day.”
Psychology of the Unconscious • Carl Gustav Jung