The voice of the intelligen... by Karl A. Menninger, an American Psychologist

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“The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.”

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Karl A. Menninger

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Name: Karl A. Menninger

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Jul 22, 1893

Date of Death: Jul 18, 1990

Profession: Psychologist

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Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.

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The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.

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One does not fall in love; one grows into love, and love grows in him.

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Is it hard for the reader to believe that suicides are sometimes committed to forestall the committing of murder? There is no doubt of it. Nor is there any doubt that murder is sometimes committed to avert suicide.

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One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways.

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