Eugene J. Martin

Just as feelings grow out of ignorance, intuition should grow out of knowledge.

The bird of truth would not be able to fly if it weren't for the air of lies we breathe.

In order to stay clear of pain, we must know and know why we feel best while having pain.

Most writers are successful in getting their readers’ attention, but fail at getting them to think. If you’re asked to explain anything philosophical to anyone, the chances are great their understanding will be superficial; it’s best they don’t understand than to think they do, so encourage them to grow into understanding and don’t hand them too much explanation.

Genius does not only require superior knowledge and skill, but also superior patience.

MUSEUM
They came, they looked, they walked
their eyes wide open
they didn’t see
because their minds were closed Their eyes wide open
they didn’t know they couldn’t see
because their minds were closed;
so they looked, and left.

There are lesser people not for what they are, but for why they are.

Americans are simple people with simple interests – The only time they sincerely ask “why” about anything is when they don’t receive their paychecks.

Passion is a disguise for attachment – sometimes as hate and other times as love.

Beware of the possible reason some people are honestly down and out - it is because they tried to copy the many who are superficially doing well.

Money inspires activity, not honesty.

All things – great, small, good, bad, friend, enemy—should be a lesson, not an obsession.

'It’s a great tragedy that the ability to act is used to manipulate people, but it is a greater tragedy that people welcome it while sometimes making a phony protest.

Because of subconscious guilt, people spend half their lives in self-punishment and the other half taking on more guilt.

There can be danger in stretching the body if it’s not done properly. The same is true with the imagination and the chemistry which may give the imagination elasticity, but the soul gives a direction.