“A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal.” — George Herbert Mead

In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves.

The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does not involve a self.

Imagery is not past but present. It rests with what we call our mental processes to place these images in a temporal order.

Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure.