Freud thought he was bringing the plague to the U.S.A., but the U.S.A. has victoriously resisted the psychoanalytical frost by rea...l deep freezing, by mental and sexual refrigeration. They have countered the black magic of the Unconscious with the white magic of "doing your own thing," air conditioning, sterilization, mental frigidity and the cold media of information.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A deep man believes in miracles, waits for them, believes in magic, believes that the orator will decompose his adversary; believe...s that the evil eye can wither, that the heart's blessing can heal; that love can exalt talent; can overcome all odds.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We find that even the parents who justify spanking to themselves are defensive and embarrassed about it....I suspect that deep in ...the memory of every parent are the feelings that had attended his own childhood spankings, the feelings of humiliation, of helplessness, of submission through fear. The parent who finds himself spanking his own child cannot dispel the ghosts of his own childhood.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Magic is akin to science in that it always has a definite aim intimately associated with human instincts, needs, and pursuits. The... magic art is directed towards the attainment of practical aims. Like other arts and crafts, it is also governed by a theory, by a system of principles which dictate the manner in which the act has to be performed in order to be effective.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Both magic and religion are based strictly on mythological tradition, and they also both exist in the atmosphere of the miraculous..., in a constant revelation of their wonder-working power. They both are surrounded by taboos and observances which mark off their acts from those of the profane world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Self-esteem is the real magic wand that can form a child's future. A child's self-esteem affects every area of her existence, from... friends she chooses, to how well she does academically in school, to what kind of job she gets, to even the person she chooses to marry.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »