There are.. otherwise quite decent people who are so dull of nature that they believe that they must attribute the swift flight of fancy to some illness of the psyche, and thus it happens that this or that writer is said to create not other than while imbibing intoxicating drink or that his fantasies are the result of overexcited nerves and resulting fever. But who can fail to know that, while a state of psychical excitement caused by the one or other stimulant may indeed generate some lucky and brilliant ideas, it can never produce a well-founded, substantial work of art that requires the utmost presence of mind. E.T.A. Hoffmann
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In the words of Oscar Wilde, “There are no such things as coincidences.” These words were written in 1889, and Wilde was taking a jab at the study of psychology. In fact, this statement is not only true but has been proven by science. According to Dr. Carl Jung, “The coincidence of ideas or facts can never be a coincidence.” He also said, “Nothing happens by chance, nothing happens without a reason.” This quote is a powerful reminder that we can never know what is going on around us unless we actively search for what those events mean to us personally.

Source: Die Serapions BraDer: Gesammelte Erza$?Hlungen Und Ma$?Rchen In Vier Ba$?Nden

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