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Quotes by Psychologist
"The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again."
112
"Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice."
108
"The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water."
99
"For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment."
99
"What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree."
96
"Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another."
95
"When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves."
95
"Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity."
89
"I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it."
89
"Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world."
88
"Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem."
84
"Love, work, and knowledge are the wellsprings of our lives, they should also govern it."
81
"There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment."
80
"The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance."
80
"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing."
80
"Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
78
"It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth."
78
"To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge for conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation."
77
"Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe."
75
"Love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love. Where this active concern is lacking, there is no love."
73
"Genius is one of the many forms of insanity."
73
"Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity."
71
"If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia."
70
"In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival."
69
"It costs $30,000 to $50,000 per year to send someone to jail. You don't have to pay so much to send someone to school at Johns Hopkins."
69
"Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution."
69
"It is possible to see the intermediate state between lives as being in a way more important than incarnate existence."
68
"The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death."
67
"The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity."
67
"Many instances exist of small children who seem to remember and describe their previous life in another body, another place, and with other people. These memories emerge usually shortly after these children begin to talk."
67
"It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct."
66
"If your neighbor has a completely different view on abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, all of those things, you still are both Americans. Neither one of you is necessarily more patriotic than the other. Neither loves their country any more than the other one does."
66
"He does not believe that does not live according to his belief ."
66
"It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that someone who was allowed to feel free and strong from childhood does not have the need to humiliate another person."
65
"And, in fact, you can find that the lack of basic resources, material resources, contributes to unhappiness, but the increase in material resources do not increase happiness."
65
"I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast."
65
"It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning."
65
"Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions."
64
"Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they can be entertained and informed, and in which they can communicate effectively, without having to master any but the most rudimentary literacy skills?"
62
"The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social reality, but no one would have regarded it as vitally necessary."
62
"I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization."
62
"Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals."
62
"The unconscious is not a demoniacal monster, but a natural entity which, as far as moral sense, aesthetic taste, and intellectual judgement go, is completely neutral. It only becomes dangerous when our conscious attitude to it is hopelessly wrong. To the degree that we repress it, its danger increases. But the moment the patient begins to assimilate contents that were previously unconscious, its danger diminishes. The dissociation of personality, the anxious division of the day-time and the night-time sides of the psyche, cease with progressive assimilation."
61
"The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people."
60
"In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth."
60
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