The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, read more

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have read more

Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt

Freud: If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.

Freud: If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve