4,465 Quotes About Psychology

If I were to ask you to open two novels, and compare the circumstances of each protagonist, asking you to chose who is “better,” you may find this ridiculous. You may tell me these characters have been forged in two different worlds, around different people, and they each have their own inherent purposes. They’re traveling different paths, and they’ll traverse their paths at different speeds, as their meant to. Great. So as such, never again compare yourself to another.

Compassion is a function of strength.

Karma usually find those it's meant to once we no longer need it to.

Some of the games that you can't win weren't meant to be played.

Impulsivity is its own form of evil. It forces one to spend many moments suffering a decision made in one.

Sincerity is one of the worst qualities to feign. It's a characteristic that continues to test the person who portrayed the quality until the truth reveals itself.

To have autonomy without interdependency leads to isolation or narcissism. To have interdependency with no autonomy stunts our psychological growth. Healthy people live in social groups that have learned to balance or, better, marry these two imperatives.

Impulsivity is its own form of evil.

(A Lillian B. Rubin) Los niños le dan la impresión de ser realistas depresivos, que en general no idealizan las luchas de sus padres ni sus formas de sobrevivir, mientras que al mismo tiempo se sienten protectores en relación con ellos por lo normal de su humillación social.