The primary problem in the psychology of becoming is to account for the transformation by which the unsocialized infant becomes an adult with structured loves, hates, loyalties, and interests, capable of taking his place in a complexly ordered society. — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part. — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and irritation. — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
Self-love, it is obvious, remains always positive and active in our natures. — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
The surest way to lose truth is to pretend that one already wholly possesses it. — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
Personality is less a finished product than a transitive process. While it has some stable features, it is at the same time continually undergoing… — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it. — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter. — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
The primary problem in the psychology of becoming is to account for the transformation by which the unsocialized infant becomes an adult with structured… — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of… — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
Scarcely anyone ever wants to be anybody else. However handicapped or unhappy he feels himself, he would not change places with other more fortunate… — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
