Diane Ackerman Quotes

Mystery causes a mental itch, which the brain tries to soothe with the balm of reasonable talk.

Diane Ackerman

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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.

Fran Lebowitz
- Never
- Consciousness
There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.

M. Scott Peck
- Life
- Community
- Peace
One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.

B. Carroll Reece
- Work
- Own
- Work Hard
The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually.

Walter Ulbricht
- Success
- Benefits
- U.S.
Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged.

Kat Edmonson
- Gossip
- Regrets
- Bonding
You have to keep listening and thinking and being critical and self-critical. Remember General Nivelle, in the First World War, at Verdun? He said he had the solution and then destroyed the French Army until it mutinied.

H. R. McMaster
- World
- Thinking
- Remember