Of all the movies I can remember that bring historical figures into the current time, the people from the past are always amazed at current technology. And the movies tend to poke fun at that. But going through quotes from all time, I'm amazed at how similar everyday thought is. I've noted before how we seem to keep repeating ourselves (even though we try not to repeat the past). Today's quote reminds me of that again. It is also inspired by today's date...Friday the 13th.
"Superstition is a part of the very being of humanity; and when we fancy that we are banishing it altogether, it takes refuge in the strangest nooks and corners, and then suddenly comes forth again, as soon as it believes itself at all safe." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Maxims and Reflections of Goethe (1819)
Two questions today. What are you superstitious about? Do you see yourself repeating your past?
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