💬 Quotes

"By a transcendental cognition I understand every cognition which occupies itself not so much with objects as with the mode of our cognition of objects in general."

"A man who has made his home for years in the vast solitudes of the West acquires a kind of instinct for danger, a silent and wary vigilance that never sleeps."

"The life of the hunter and the trapper is a continual series of perils, hardships, and privations, yet it possesses a charm for those who have once indulged in it that drives them back to it again and again."

"There is a magnanimity in the wilderness that subdues all petty passions; a grandeur in its solitudes that inspires a feeling of awe and elevates the mind above the mere trifles of human existence."

"The Indian warrior looks upon his horse not merely as an animal of burden, but as a companion in arms, sharing in his dangers, participating in his glory, and essential to his very existence."

"In these wild regions, where laws are unknown and every man carries his own defense upon his shoulder, a strict code of honor and hospitality becomes the universal religion of the camp."

"To brave the elements, to outwit the savage, and to wrest a subsistence from the barren crags of the mountains—such is the daily routine of the American pioneer."

"El dinero triunfa sobre la sangre, sobre la tradición espiritual. Pero con el dinero surge el César, el poder absoluto."

"Una cultura nace cuando de la forma primitiva de la existencia humana se despierta un alma y se aparta de la naturaleza."

"Las grandes culturas son organismos vegetales. Nacen, maduran, envejecen y mueren, sin posibilidad de retornar jamás."

"La técnica se ha vuelto cosmopolita. Ya no sirve a la cultura, sino que la devora; el hombre occidental se ha convertido en esclavo de su propia máquina."

"Cuando una cultura entra en su fase de civilización, las grandes artes mueren y son reemplazadas por el gigantismo arquitectónico y el deporte de masas."

"Ya no hay verdades eternas. La filosofía de la civilización es una crítica sin alma que disuelve todos los valores históricos en polvo."

"A man who is in the grip of mental disease is, for all practical purposes, as helpless as a child, and yet he is treated as if he were a criminal."

"Insanity, is it a disease of the mind, or is it a disease of the body? Whatever it is, it is the most terrible affliction that can befall a human being."

"My memory of those months is a nightmare of harrowing experiences, punctuated by periods of semi-consciousness and utter despair."

"The public is culpably ignorant of what goes on behind the locked doors of our asylums; and this ignorance breeds cruelty."

"To cure the diseased mind, one must first touch the human heart with understanding and sympathy rather than chains and padded cells."

"Though my mind had wandered into the darkest corners of despair, it eventually found its way back to the light, proving that recovery is possible."

"Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder."