4,465 Quotes About Psychology

We aren’t born with hate, greed, envy or self-loathing. We’re taught these things.

For our physiology to calm down, heal, and grow we need a visceral feeling of safety. No doctor can write a prescription for friendship and love: These are complex and hard-earned capacities. You don't need a history of trauma to feel self-conscious and even panicked at a party with strangers – but trauma can turn the whole world into a gathering of aliens.

We tell ourselves our own stories, selectively, in order to keep our sense of self intact.

Emotion is not opposed to reason; our emotions assign value to experiences and thus are the foundation of reason.

How you feel about home after holiday says a lot about home.

Klimam glavom jer ja to najbolje radim kada me boli, kada mi se stvarnost ne sviđa. Postajem kamen. Disciplinovani kamen koji nikome, pa čak i onom koji kamen može da istopi, neće pokazati trunku slabosti, trunku emocija.

It is seldom possible to respect someone about whom you know everything.

She captured the spot of my world’s centre and sent me in elliptic rings about it, causing the ground beneath me to vanish and the breath of my lungs to disperse. I was a rock locked in helpless orbit.

The corrupt corporate government is the problem and a change in political party is not the solution.