Celia Green
Celia Green
Celia Elizabeth Greenis a British writer on philosophical scepticism, twentieth-century thought, and psychology...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth26 November 1935
impossible failing attempting
Only the impossible is worth attempting. In everything else one is sure to fail.
risk way research
Research is a way of taking calculated risks to bring about incalculable consequences.
reality thinking theoretical-physics
What appear to be the most valuable aspects of the theoretical physics we have are the mathematical descriptions which enable us to predict events. These equations are, we would argue, the only realities we can be certain of in physics; any other ways we have of thinking about the situation are visual aids or mnemonics which make it easier for beings with our sort of macroscopic experience to use and remember the equations.
superstitions belief our-time
One of the greatest superstitions of our time is the belief that it has none.
attitude work may
That society exists to frustrate the individual may be seen from its attitude to work. It is only morally acceptable if you do not want to do it. If you do want to, it becomes a personal pleasure.
happiness mind range
The remarkable thing about the human mind is its range of limitations.
psychology special cases
The psychology of committees is a special case of the psychology of mobs.
dishonesty clarity
Lack of clarity is always a sign of dishonesty.
children people century
People have been marrying and bringing up children for centuries now. Nothing has ever come of it.
commitment people psychology
It is easier to study the 'behavior' of rats than people, because rats are smaller and have fewer outside commitments. So modern psychology is mostly about rats
mind together mouths
A narrow mind and a wide mouth usually go together.
race psychology humans
The human race has to be bad at psychology; if it were not, it would understand why it is bad at everything else.
people democracy aristocracy
In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy, a few people have their way; in a democracy, no one has his way.
curious individual results
It is curious that while one's education is the part of one's life over the conditions of which one has least individual control, the results of it are held to brand one irrevocably.