The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.
Paul ValeryThe mind has transformed the world, and the world is repaying it with interest. It has led man where he had no idea how to go.
Paul ValeryHistory is the most dangerous product which the chemistry of the mind has concocted. Its properties are well known. It produces dreams and drunkenness. It fills people with false memories, exaggerates their reactions, exacerbates old grievances, torments them in their repose, and encourages either a delirium of grandeur or a delusion of persecution. It makes whole nations bitter, arrogant, insufferable and vainglorious.
Paul Valery