Affliction Quote by Alain de Botton

When desire for a certain person's attention becomes an "I have to have" kind of grasping, then identity gets organized around needing that and…

— Tara Brach

“Our personal identities are socially situated. We are where we live, eat, work, and make love. [...] Our sense of identity is in large…

— Philip G. Zimbardo

Our natural egoism leads us to judge people by their relations to ourselves. We want them to be certain things to us, and for…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and…

— Stephen Covey

“The more you view others’ mistreatment of you as something you have the ability to fix, tweak, or amend, the harder it is to…

— Jill P. Weber

Many of us spend our entire lives in the same bubble - we surround ourselves with people who share our opinions, speak the way…

— Adam Braun

“A general principle of human behavior is that it’s easier for us to see something negative in other people than in ourselves. This mental…

— Gary Small

“Oftentimes, we fail to identify with people because we’re thinking about ourselves—or them—in terms that are too specific and narrow. If we look more…

— Adam M. Grant

Our sense of identity is in large measure conferred on us by others in the ways they treat or mistreat us, recognize or ignore…

— Philip Zimbardo

People are always a little disconcerted when you don't recognize them, they are so important to themselves, it is a shock to discover of…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Things and persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. How unconsciously we judge others by…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“People and situations always show us what we need to see and learn about ourselves, and when we take responsibility for our own feelings,…

— Eliza Mada Dalian