Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
SAUL BELLOWIn expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.
More Saul Bellow Quotes
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Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious.
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Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.
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Conquered people tend to be witty.
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A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
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Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.
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We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.
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People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.
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There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever… money, for instance, or war.
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Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.
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I’m glad I haven’t lived in vain.
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There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are and what this life is for.
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When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
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The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what’s in it – they should, because they put it all in beforehand.
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I’ve never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn’t have a price tag on the other side.
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A good novel is worth more than the best scientific study.
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