Amount Quote by Marcel Proust

“The alleged 'sensitivity' of neurotic people is matched by their egotism; they cannot abide the flaunting by others of the sufferings to which they…

— Proust Marcel

“The so-called sensitivity of neurotics develops along with their egotism; they cannot bear for other people to flaunt the sufferings with which they are…

— Marcel Proust

Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

“We are a package deal, however. Our trait of sensitivity means we will also be cautious, inward, needing extra time alone. Because people without…

— Elaine N. Aron

The other thing Aron found about sensitive people is that sometimes they're highly empathic. It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from…

— Susan Cain

We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.

— Dalai Lama

All neurotic symptoms have as their object the task of safeguarding the patient's self-esteem and thereby also the lifeline into which he has grown.

— Alfred Adler

We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, overreacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.

— Vikas Runwal

“Whereas we’d once believed that the symptoms and behavior exhibited by our clients primarily reflected their psychological defenses—a view that attributed a degree of…

— Janina Fisher

“For example, highly sensitive people tend to be keen observers who look before they leap. They arrange their lives in ways that limit surprises.…

— Susan Cain

“Psychopaths, rather than having an impairment in recognizing the emotions of others, indeed have a talent for it. And that the problem lies not…

— Kevin Dutton

“The other thing Aron found about sensitive people is that sometimes they’re highly empathic. It’s as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from…

— Susan Cain