4,465 Quotes About Psychology

A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest form of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal in satisfying his vices. And it all comes from lying — to others and to yourself.

Of all funny things, truth is the funniest.

The polarity of the sexes is disappearing, and with it erotic love, which is based on this polarity. Men and women become the same, not equals as opposite poles.

Never mess with a woman in PMS and a man on Testosterone.

Tribalism is an addiction that is driven by false beliefs that need to be reflected back to be perceived as true.

Suppose you see a person in a secure and homely environment. You don't interact with them but your mind registers some feature of them. Then you see the same feature in a stranger in a strange environment. You will feel a sweet curiosity and attraction towards that stranger because they will give you secure and homely feeling at a strange place.

When attraction is not strong enough, it turns into irritation. If you like mangoes, but not so much that you would do all the effort required in getting them on plate and cleaning the mess thereafter, you would just stay in your comfort zone and feel irritated.

The best way to avoid a catastrophic conflict of beliefs is to be more compassionate about other people’s beliefs as long as they do not advocate for prejudices, bigotry and sectarianism.

The pain of the narcissist is that, to him, everything is really a threat. What doesn't surrender in reverence is blasphemous to a high opinion of oneself - the burden of self-importance. The narcissist reconstructs his own law of gravity which states that all things and all creatures must adhere to his personal satisfaction, but when they do not, the pain is far more intense than it is for one who is free from the clamors of 'I'.