Psychological Subjects Quotes ( 240 - 250 of 460 )
It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.
It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.
Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
A wonderful discovery--psychoanalysis. Makes quite simple people feel they're complex.
A wonderful discovery--psychoanalysis. Makes quite simple people feel they're complex.
I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind.
I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind.
Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
Every animal is sad after coitus except the human female and the rooster.
Every animal is sad after coitus except the human female and the rooster.
A line runs from the meditations of the heart to the words of the mouth. The meditations are not clear read more
A line runs from the meditations of the heart to the words of the mouth. The meditations are not clear to us until the mouth utters its words. If what the mouth utters is unclear or foolish or mendacious, it must be that the meditations are the same. But the line runs both ways. The words of the mouth will become the meditations of the heart, and the habit of loose talk loosens the fastenings of our understanding.
Informal relationships are not mere minor interstitial supplements to the major institutions of society. These informal relationships not only include read more
Informal relationships are not mere minor interstitial supplements to the major institutions of society. These informal relationships not only include important decision-making processes, such as the family, but also produce much of the background social capital without which the other major institutions of society could not function nearly as effectively as they do.
If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow, sleep late.
If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow, sleep late.
Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex read more
Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex system for granted, and just improve the things that are not so good. What is lacking in this conception is any sense that a society, an institution, or even a single human being, is an intricate system of fragile inter-relationships, whose complexities are little understood and easily destabilized.
