4,465 Quotes About Psychology

All controlling behavior is a contractive reaction and misuse of power exacted to make another fulfill your conscious and unconscious needs. People who control others are often protecting themselves from being controlled. It is a survival mechanism ruled by fear.

A flawless delusion is more appealing to the human mind than a flawed reality.

Summerisle also removes the ability to consider things trivial. Every choice becomes potentially disastrous, even saying hello. Most known sapient species require triviality; the lack of it is devastating to the psyche. And devastating the psyche is a necessary component of many kinds of mind control.

There is an animal in all of us, the sooner we recognize it, the sooner we can turn human.

As a scientist whose life's work has been to study human nature, one thing I've observed is that, everyone thinks they can see through others, while in reality all they really see is a reflection of their own expectations and insecurities.

When you can't win by being better, you can win by being different.

The amount of time you have been performing a habit is not as important as the number of times you have performed it.

I know that psychology and neuroscience have to work in concert if we want to address the full range of human behavior, and I really do love the idea of the whole animal, but I guess my question is that if the brain can't account for things like reason and emotion, then what can? If the brain makes it possible for 'us' to feel and think, then what is 'us'? Do you believe in souls? I was breathless.

People deny and blame others for their problems for the simple reason that it’s easy and feels good, while solving problems is hard and often feels bad. Forms of blame and denial give us a quick high. They are a way to temporarily escape our problems, and that escape can provide us a quick rush that makes us feel better.