“Most neuroses can be traced to the unhealthy habit of wallowing in the troubles of five million strangers.”

—Jubal Harshaw in “Stranger in a Strange Land” by Robert A. Heinlein

This one is a bit cynical but certainly has a grain of truth in it.

The standard disclaimer applies: I don’t necessarily agree with all of these quotes, but I find something interesting about them all.

The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are so sure about things and the intelligent folks are so full of doubts.
– Bertrand Russell

This one is particularly appropriate during the election season(s).

In an attempt to get a little more content here I’m starting a semi-regular post of interesting, provocative or strange quotations. By way of disclaimer, I don’t necessarily agree with all of these quotes, but I find something interesting about them all. What do you think? So here we go:

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
— Carl Sagan

I find this quote quite useful when dealing with crackpots who feel persecuted.