Psychology Quotes · Page 1,072

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in…

— Benjamin E. Mays

It is not the passion of a mind struggling with misfortune, or the hopelessness of its desires, but of a mind preying…

— William Hazlitt

“Experience does not give you wisdom. Wisdom comes through liberation of the mind. And since most humans live a conditioned life, they…

— Abhijit Naskar

“What would be the significance of the candlelight, if there were no darkness? What would be the power of the stars over…

— C. JoyBell C

The bicameral mind with its controlling gods was evolved as a final stage of the evolution of language. And in this development…

— Julian Jaynes

He that feareth is a slave, were he never so rich, were he never so powerful. But he that is without fear…

— Eric Rucker Eddison

“The central movement of the mind is the desire for unrestricted liberty and (...) this movement is invariably accompanied by its opposite,…

— Thornton Wilder

If our psychology seems crude and weak in what it can say about the great human experiences, it is better to make…

— Lawrence Kohlberg

“Oh, why fill the heart with yesterday and tomorrow when this moment is all the heart needs? Let the heart be present,…

— Israel S. Dudley

Each form of the acting is different. I think it keeps your mind active. TV, film and theater are different disciplines, as…

— Luke Evans

I think Eddie Izzard is one of the brightest minds of our generation. I don't see him as a comedian as much…

— Bryan Fuller

Keep in mind that part of growing up is dealing with difficult issues, and the benefits can be great if you have…

— Jack Canfield

Nature does at least what she can to translate into visible form the wealth of the creative formula. By the vastness of…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

“Scriptures are not written for one individual, they are written by keeping everyone in mind. The text pertaining to the celestials, human…

— Dada Bhagwan

“For us to become whole and healthy, we must balance the body, mind, and spirit. We need to take good care of…

— Louise L. Hay

“Q: The Continuum didn't think you had it in you, Jean-Luc. But I knew you did...We wanted to see if you had…

— Brannon Braga

Drop the mind and the divine. God is not an object, it is a merger. The mind resists a merger, the mind…

— Rajneesh

“We can never fully understand the hearts and minds of people . . . unless we can speak directly to them in…

— Alan Rabinowitz

All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, for it was she who earned them the…

— Virginia Woolf

“The best words in the best order...one always go the same shock of recognition and delight when someone's words swam up to…

— Mary Stewart

These eyes see through all of your lies. My mind knows you're not right for me. My mouth tells you to leave.…

— Anonymous

The user in China wants the same thing that any Internet user wants - privacy in conversations, maximum access to information, and…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Trust is the most precious value that is must in any relationship to protect it from the dust in mind, prevent it…

— Anuj Somany

He is deformed, crooked, old and sere, Ill-faced, worse bodied, shapeless everywhere; Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind; Stigmatical in making, worse in…

— William Shakespeare

“Believe me, I want you to have a good time,' he said gently, 'but people who have that primarily in mind rarely…

— Sloan Wilson

Even the wildest dreams have to start somewhere. Allow yourself the time and space to let your mind wander and your imagination…

— Oprah Winfrey

Maintaining an open mind is essential when exploring the unknown, but allowing one's brains to fall out in the process is inadvisable.

— Dean Radin

What impresses me the most about 'Sound of Metal' is how it's such an authentic piece of writing done by a bunch…

— Lauren Ridloff

Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

“Reversing the sleep and wake cycles of the human through night shift work is known to cause extensive long term damage in…

— Steven Magee

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Life is limited, but by writing, and reading, we can live in different worlds, get inside the skins and minds of other…

— Joan Lingard

As you get older, your mind gets a little more set. And it needs the poking and prodding and breaking through of…

— Barack Obama

Visionary idealism is a male art form. The lesbian aesthete does not exist. But if there were one, she would have learned…

— Camille Paglia

The store of wisdom does not consist of hard coins which keep their shape as they pass from hand to hand; it…

— John Plamenatz

“Because politics is the science of the possible, it only appeals to second-rate minds. The first raters only interested in the impossible”

— Arthur C. Clarke

What strikes me as most significant is that young people everywhere in India are anxious to do something. But I have also…

— Sanjay Gandhi

“Great books inspire great minds. Great minds master many disciplines. The most difficult discipline to master is self discipline.”

— James Brown

The great secret possessed by the great men of all ages was their ability to contact and release the powers of their…

— Joseph Murphy

I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to…

— Guy Ritchie