The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. — Sigmund Freud. Founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.
Innately, children seem to have little true realistic anxiety. They will run along the brink of water, climb on the window sill, play with sharp objects and with fire, in short, do everything that is bound to damage them and to worry those in charge of them, that is wholly the result of education; for they cannot be allowed to make the instructive experiences themselves.
In the depths of my heart I can't help being convniced that my dear fellow men, with few exceptions, are worthless.