Empathy Quote by Proust Marcel

The sensitiveness claimed by neurotic is matched by their egotism: they cannot abide the flaunting by others of the sufferings to which they pay…

— Marcel Proust

“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

“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

“Every single human being is neurologically predisposed to be biased in various walks of life. It is biologically impossible to be absolutely free from…

— Abhijit Naskar

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

The ego will endure the worst agonies of neurotic misery rather than consent to one minute of diminishment of its sense of importance.

— Helen M. Luke

A human being in a neurotic state might very well be compared to a bewitched person, for people caught in a neurosis are apt…

— Marie-Louise von Franz

“The distinction between diseases of "brain" and "mind," between "neurological" problems and "psychological" or "psychiatric" ones, is an unfortunate cultural inheritance that permeates society…

— António R. Damásio

“We do not have to cure every neurosis, we just have to learn how not to be caught by them. This is a difficult…

— Mark Epstein

“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

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

“In reality, of course, it always does look after itself. All that the conscious ego can do is to formulate wishes, which are then…

— Aldous Huxley