Psychology Quotes

"The greatest damage done by neglect, trauma, or emotional loss is not the immediate pain they inflict but the long-term distortions they induce in the way a developing child will continue to interpret the world and her situation in it" "Habit is a compromise effected between an individual and his environment." "There are two types of people in the world: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same" "When people are lame, they love to blame." "The deepest psychological wounds are hidden from the conscious mind" "Contrary to what is often taught in schools, mental health is not merely about the absence of disease" "The circuitry of addiction runs parallel to the circuitry of love" "We cannot selectively numb emotions; when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions" "Consumerism tells us that in order to be happy, we must consume" "The contradiction between free will and scientific determinism is just an illusion" "The healthy man does not torture others, generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers" "In each of us there is another whom we do not know" "It is a frightening thought that man also has a shadow side, which consists not just of little weaknesses—and foibles, but of a positively demonic dynamism" "Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge" "The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories"