"He never even thought of tenderness and emotion; his considerations about Durham remained cold. Durham didn't dislike him, he was sure. That was all he wanted. One thing at a time. He didn't so much as have hopes, for hope distracts, and he had a great deal to see to."

Psychology, Emotion, Detachment, Focus, Discipline

47

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"He never even thought of tenderness and emotion; his considerations about Durham remained cold. Durham didn't dislike him, he was sure. That was all he wanted. One thing at a time. He didn't so much as have hopes, for hope distracts, and he had a great deal to see to."

Exlpore more Psychology quotes

"Even if we have bad feelings about our past and it causes a sense of alienation, it belongs to our history. Its benchmarks are stored in the granary of our mind and crucial evaluations for the future cannot be made without consulting the archive of our memory. ['Not without the past']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Psychology, Past, Memory, Alienation, History

"It has been said of dreams that they are a 'controlled psychosis,' or, put another way, a psychosis is a dream breaking through during waking hours."

Philip K. Dick, American Writer

Psychology, Dream, Consciousness, Subconscious

"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Psychology, Illness, Talking, Will

"Words don't have the power to hurt you, unless that person meant more to you than you are willing to confess."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Psychology, Words, Power, Hurt, Confession

"At the end of the day, if pride is your greatest strength, turn it into vanity."

Lionel Suggs, American Writer

Psychology, Pride, Strength, Vanity, End

"You are not your mind. You don't have to believe the lies it tells you about yourself."

Scott Stabile, American Author

Psychology, Mind, Identity, Lies, Self-Awareness

"Because of self-doubt, the fear of failure, or laziness, most people usually bite off way less than they can chew."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Psychology, Truth, Fear, Failure, Doubt

"And is usually true of a man of one idea, [Charles] became obsessed."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Psychology, Obsession, Idea, Mind, Focus

"The only way to truly help most drug addicts and most alcoholics is to-instead of them-change reality."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Psychology, Truth, Help, Addiction, Reality

"Doubt is an acceptable risk for happiness."

David Levithan, American Author

Psychology, Doubt, Happiness, Risk, Uncertainty

Explore more quotes by E. M. Forster

"She stopped and leant her elbows against the parapet of the embankment. He did likewise. There is at times a magic in identity of position, it is one of the things that have suggested to us eternal comradeship."

Companionship

"Books have to be read (worse luck, for it takes a long time); it is the only way of discovering what they contain."

Knowledge

"I'd far rather leave a thought behind me than a child. Other people can have children."

Legacy

"Ladies sheltering behind men, men sheltering behind servants - the whole system's wrong, and she must challenge it."

Equality

"What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote."

Literature

"It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools."

Fate

"The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot."

Grief

47