As long as there is more dread of life then fear of death, death will tempt people with the promise of greater security then they can find in this lifetime unless and until such time as we are able to teach man to accept and embrace his own destiny.
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He who dictates and formulates the words and phrases we use, he who is master of the press and radio, is master of the mind. Repeat mechanically your assumptions and suggestions, diminish the opportunity for communicating dissent and opposition. This is the formula for political conditioning of the masses.Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo, MD
Pavlov's findings were that some animals learned more quickly if rewarded (by affection, by food, by stroking) each time they showed the right response, while others learned more quickly when the penalty for not learning was a painful stimulus.
Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo, MD
Between two beings there is always the barrier of words. Man has so many ears and speaks so many languages. Should it nevertheless be possible to understand one another Is real communication possible if word and language betray us every time Shall, in the end, only the language of tanks and guns prevail and not human reason and understanding.
Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo, MD
Political demagoguery is, to some extent, a problem in our country. The particular form this demagoguery takes is only a passing phase, and when our current dragons and inner phantoms have been laid to rest, the eternal demagogue will arise anew. He will accuse others of conspiracy in order to prove his own importance. He will try to intimidate those who are neither so iron-fisted nor so hotheaded as he, and temporarily he will drag some people into the web of his delusions. Perhaps he will even wear a mantle of martyrdom to arouse the tears of the weak-hearted. With his emotionalism and suspicion, he will shatter the trust of citizens in one another.
Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo, MD
The many meanings of 'I Love You' 'I love you' is a statement that can be expressed in so many varied ways. It may be a stage song, repeated daily without any meaning, or a barely audible murmur, full of surrender. Sometimes it means I desire you or I want you sexually. It may mean I hope you love me or I hope that I will be able to love you. Often it means it may be that a love relationship can develop between us or even I hate you. Often it is a wish for emotional exchange I want your admiration in exchange for mine or I give my love in exchange for some passion or I want to feel cozy and at home with you or I admire some of your qualities. A declaration of love is mostly a request I desire you or I want you to gratify me, or I want your protection or I want to be intimate with you or I want to exploit your loveliness. Sometimes it is the need for security and tenderness, for parental treatment. It may mean my self love goes out to you. But it may also express submissiveness please take me as I am, or I feel guilty about you, I want, through you, to correct the mistakes I have made in human relations. It may be self-sacrifice and a masochistic wish for dependency. However, it may also be a full affirmation of the other, taking the responsibility for mutual exchange of feelings. It may be a weak feeling of friendliness, it may be the scarcely even whispered expression of ecstasy 'I love you, ' - wish, desire, submission, conquest it is never the world itself that tells the real meaning here.
Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo, MD
The big lie and monotonously repeated nonsense have more emotional appeal in a cold war than logic and reason.
Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo, MD
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The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.
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Francis Bacon