Psychological Quotes - Page 2

Diamonds are intrinsically worthless, except for the deep psychological need they fill.

The society in which we live is the result of our psychological state.

Freedom of the will is a psychological fiction.

A mandala is the psychological expression of the totality of the self.

The elegant study... is consistent with the themes of modern cognitive neuroscience . Every aspect of thought and emotion is rooted in brain structure and function, including many psychological disorders and, presumably, genius. The study confirms that the brain is a modular system comprising multiple intelligences, mostly nonverbal.

Every man is an infinitely repelling orb, and holds his individual being on that condition.

The sustaining of life, in a bodily sense as well as in the sense of psychological health, is inherently subject to risk.

No psychological health is possible unless this essential care of the person is fundamentally accepted, loved and respected by others and by himself.

It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self-realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.

There are other sources of psychological knowledge, which become accessible at the very point where the experimental method fails us.

I propose that the phenomenon of love is the psychological pivot in the persecution of women.

All problems in mathematics are psychological.

A fight is mental, not just physical and psychological warfare is absolutely part of that.

You have a certain set of facts and you are looking for situations where you have an edge, whether the edge is psychological or statistical.

Other psychological theories say a good deal about compensation.

Most people's lives are nothing more than pointlessly frantic activity used as a psychological defense against their own impotence and fear.

Naturally, the psychological susceptibility of a match participant is significantly higher than a participant in a tournament, since each game substantially changes the over-all position.

True salvation is freedom from negativity, and above all from past and future as a psychological need.

When I was in school, I was beaten every 30 minutes. It never did me any harm except for some psychological mal-adjustments and blurred vision.

Our balanced budget has an important psychological function. It is a signal that we can't continue to constantly take on debt.

The work all comes from a psychological need. See the images that I make... It's really a psychological need. I'm just jerked around by it. I'm pulled by it.

Strictly speaking, the mass, as a psychological fact, can be defined without waiting for individuals to appear in mass formation. In the presence of one individual we can decide whether he is "mass" or not. The mass is all that which sets no value on itself good or ill based on specific grounds, but which feels itself "just like everybody," and nevertheless is not concerned about it; is, in fact, quite happy to feel itself as one with everybody else.

Adolescence is society's permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.

Much of the left's hate speech bears greater similarity to a psychological disorder than to standard political discourse. The hatred is blinding, producing logical contradictions that would be impossible to sustain were it not for the central element faith plays in the left's new religion. The basic tenet of their faith is this: Maybe they were wrong about their facts and policies, but they are good and conservatives are evil. You almost want to give it to them. It's all they have left.

Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.