Psychology Quotes

"The circuitry of addiction runs parallel to the circuitry of love" "We cannot selectively numb emotions; when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions" "Consumerism tells us that in order to be happy, we must consume" "The contradiction between free will and scientific determinism is just an illusion" "The healthy man does not torture others, generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers" "In each of us there is another whom we do not know" "It is a frightening thought that man also has a shadow side, which consists not just of little weaknesses—and foibles, but of a positively demonic dynamism" "Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge" "The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories" "A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." "The guilty think all talk is of themselves" "The fundamental problem with the human species is an excess." "To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment" "When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state" "The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others" "Human kind cannot bear very much reality" "We see the world, not as it is, but as we are or as we are conditioned to see it." "Repetition can be a powerful form of suggestion and belief" "What you resist not only persists, but will grow in size" "The more we stress, the more likely we are to be hung up on behaviors that relieve stress in the short term"