Psychology Quotes

"Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you." "The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again" "People are good or bad because of their environments" "Behavior is determined by its consequences" "Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." "There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined." "Nothing else tears at our freedom quite like fear" "Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises" "The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important" "There's no lack of opportunity to take a guilt trip, we all do it some time or other" "Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air" "I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts" "The weak in courage is strong in cunning " "The fox condemns the trap, not himself " "Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it." "Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness." "The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds" "For good people to do evil things, it takes religion" "A man can do what he wants but not want what he wants" "The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention."