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The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.


Irving Babbitt

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IRVING KIRSCH Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the...
IRVING KIRSCH Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression.
IRVING KIRSCH There seem to be many causes of depression. One cause is profound loss, grief. Economic hardship we ...
IRVING KIRSCH Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antide...
IRVING KIRSCH The doctor-patient relationship is critical to the placebo effect.
IRVING KIRSCH To someone who is not currently on anti-depressants, I would suggest trying other treatments first -...
IRVING KIRSCH Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of...
IRVING HOWE The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.
IRVING HOWE I never sold any of my pieces. I had all the money I wanted. Then I would have lost my sculptures an...
IRVING HARPER I don't have a complex mind.
IRVING HARPER At 93, I'm not looking forward to fame and fortune.
IRVING HARPER With a computer, there are too many choices, and I always liked working within limits. You know, if ...
IRVING HARPER The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value.
IRVING FISHER There's no people like show people.
IRVING BERLIN