25 Quotes by Gordon W. Allport

The outlines of the needed psychology of becoming can be discovered by looking within ourselves; for it is knowledge of our own uniqueness that supplies the first, and probably the best, hints for acquiring orderly knowledge of others.

So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.

No corner of the world is free from group scorn.

It takes a major unhappiness, a prolonged and bitter experience, to drive us away from loyalties once formed. And sometimes no amount of punishment can make us repudiate our loyalty.

To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and irritation.

Each person is an idiom unto himself, an apparent violation of the syntax of the species.

As partisans of our own way of life, we cannot help thinking in a partisan manner.

The surest way to lose truth is to pretend that one already wholly possesses it.

It is not that we have class prejudice, but only that we find comfort and ease in our own class. And normally there are plenty of people of our own class, or race, or religion to play, live, and eat with, and to marry.