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784 Psychological quotes by 594 unique authors

He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing. — Oscar Wilde
It's highly psychological, and very beautiful, and overwhelming, and real, and trippy! — Russell Brand
In this simple but profound psychological way Scripture tells the history of the fall and of the origin of sin. In this way sin continues… — Herman Bavinck
In most sports they have a physical effect on your performance, in swimming only psychological. If you worry about what your rival is doing, you… — Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr.
Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. — Marguerite Duras
In his play depicting the Salem Witch Trials, the author illustrates profound psychological bullying. The ringleader of young girls suspected of unsavory conduct, frightens her… — Arthur Miller
When you're a child, grownups always tell you that "sticks and stones will break your bones, but words will never hurt you". They say it… — Susan Boyle
Crime seems to change character when it crosses a bridge or a tunnel. In the city, crime is taken as emblematic of class and race.… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Thinking happy thoughts literally creates a positive chemical change in the brain which stimulates both positive physical and psychological benefits. — Deepak Chopra
It might be said of psychoanalysis that if you give it your little finger it will soon have your whole hand. — Sigmund Freud
The poor ego has a still harder time of it; it has to serve three harsh masters, and it has to do its best to… — Sigmund Freud
Sanity is very rare; every man almost and every woman has a dash of madness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To understand oneself is the classic form of consolation; to elude oneself is the romantic. — George Santayana
The two main hazards of psychoanalysis: that it might fail, and that if it succeeds, you'll never be able to forgive yourself for all those… — Mignon McLaughlin
What a curious creature is man; with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued; yet how easily is he disturbed and put… — James Boswell
There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself. — Denis Diderot
The expectation that every neurotic phenomenon can be cured may, I suspect, be derived from the layman's belief that the neuroses are something quite unnecessary… — Sigmund Freud
Neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and its id, whereas psychosis is the analogous outcome of a similar disturbance in the… — Sigmund Freud
The sanity of society is a balance of a thousand insanity's. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined by too confident a security. — Edmund Burke
A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid… — B.F. Skinner
By sticking it out through tough times, people emerge from adversity with a stronger sense of efficacy. — Albert Bandura
My psychoanalysis has equipped you with the equivalent of a train ticket to recovery. It is now your decision whether or not you choose to… — Sigmund Freud
Every man is an infinitely repelling orb, and holds his individual being on that condition. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A disease is never a mere loss or excess. There is always a reaction on the part of the organism or individual to restore, replace… — Oliver Sacks

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