--- title: "4 Paul L Wachtel Quotes - Famous Researcher" description: "Paul L. Wachtel is Distinguished Professor of Psychology in the Ph.D. program in clinical psychology at the City College of New York." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-paul-l-wachtel-70672.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Paul L Wachtel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-paul-l-wachtel-70672.jpg) # Paul L Wachtel Researcher **4** quotes in **59** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Paul L Wachtel is a researcher. ## Quick Facts About Paul L Wachtel Profession Researcher ## About Paul L Wachtel Paul L. Wachtel is Distinguished Professor of Psychology in the Ph.D. program in clinical psychology at the City College of New York. ## Quotes by Paul L Wachtel > [We are faced with having to learn again about interdependency and the need for rootedness after several centuries of having systematically-and proudly-dismantled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-l-wachtel/we-are-faced-with-having-to-learn-again-about-interdependency-and-the/) Paul L Wachtel [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/paul-l-wachtel-70672_century_we-are-faced-with-having-to-learn-again_219334.jpg) > [Our present stress on growth and productivity is, I believe, intimately related to the decline in rootedness. Faced with loneliness and vulnerability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-l-wachtel/our-present-stress-on-growth-and-productivity-is-i-believe-intimately/) Paul L Wachtel [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44e/paul-l-wachtel-70672_believe_our-present-stress-on-growth-and-product_319934.jpg) > [Having more and newer things each year has become not just something we want but something we need. The idea of more,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-l-wachtel/having-more-and-newer-things-each-year-has-become-not-just-something/) Paul L Wachtel [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/paul-l-wachtel-70672_addict_having-more-and-newer-things-each-year-h_2625945.jpg) > [Very few people would choose to have even the most fabled assortment of goods if it meant getting cancer within the year.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-l-wachtel/very-few-people-would-choose-to-have-even-the-most-fabled-assortment/) Paul L Wachtel [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/paul-l-wachtel-70672_benefits_very-few-people-would-choose-to-have-eve_3023708.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-l-wachtel/#itemlist", "name": "Paul L Wachtel Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are faced with having to learn again about interdependency and the need for rootedness after several centuries of having systematically-and proudly-dismantled our roots, ties, and traditions. 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