As I have already said, the belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous or all delusions. It becomes still more dangerous if it is coupled with the missionary zeal to enlighten the rest of the world, whether the rest of the world wishes to be enlightened or not. To refuse to embrace wholeheartedly a particular definition of reality, to dare to see the world differently can become a "think crime" in a truly Orwellian sense as we get steadily closer to 1984.
A self-fulfilling prophecy is an assumption or prediction that, purely as a result of having been made, cause the expected or predicted event to occu… - Paul Watzlawick
A self-fulfilling prophecy is an assumption or prediction that, purely as a result of having been made, cause the expected or predicted event to occu…
- Paul Watzlawick
That we do not discover reality but rather invent it is quite shocking for many people. And the shocking part about it - according to the concept of … - Paul Watzlawick
That we do not discover reality but rather invent it is quite shocking for many people. And the shocking part about it - according to the concept of …
Our everyday, traditional ideas of reality are delusions which we spend substantial parts of our daily lives shoring up, even at the considerable ris… - Paul Watzlawick
Our everyday, traditional ideas of reality are delusions which we spend substantial parts of our daily lives shoring up, even at the considerable ris…
You cannot not communicate. - Paul Watzlawick
You cannot not communicate.
But the solution to the riddle of life and space and time lies outside space and time. For, as it should be abundantly clear by now, nothing inside a… - Paul Watzlawick
But the solution to the riddle of life and space and time lies outside space and time. For, as it should be abundantly clear by now, nothing inside a…
Maturity is doing what you think is best, even when your mother thinks it's a good idea. - Paul Watzlawick
Maturity is doing what you think is best, even when your mother thinks it's a good idea.
As I have already said, the belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous or all delusions. It becomes still more d… - Paul Watzlawick
As I have already said, the belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous or all delusions. It becomes still more d…
The counterpart of the suicide is the seeker; but the difference between them is slight. - Paul Watzlawick
The counterpart of the suicide is the seeker; but the difference between them is slight.
It obviously makes a difference whether we consider ourselves as pawns in a game whose rules we call reality or as players of the game who know that … - Paul Watzlawick
It obviously makes a difference whether we consider ourselves as pawns in a game whose rules we call reality or as players of the game who know that …
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