Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1830s, Sir Walter Scott (1838)
“When dysfunctional self-distraction devolves into delusional self-destruction, neurosis turns into psychosis.”
Source: From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain (2007), Chapter 8 “Unrequited Hate” (p. 251)
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Context: I see self-destruction now on a grand scale. That is, the unwillingness to pay for the things society needs. That's the most basic kind of self-destruction. That we're not prepared to pay for schools, we're not prepared to pay for highways. That is self-destruction. What are we doing to ourselves? It is nuts.
