Psychology Quotes

May 18

Tolerate Insecurity

“The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.”
-Erich Fromm

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May 13

Wisdom Through Adversity

“We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.”
-Seneca

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May 10

What You Do

“The issue is not that you get symptoms – it’s what you do with the symptoms that you get.”
-Fred Penzel

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May 07

Endings

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“In your own life, you should take particular care with endings, for their color will forever tinge your memory of the entire relationship and your willingness to reenter it.”

-Martin Seligman

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May 06

Pavlov

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“While you are experimenting, do not remain content with the surface of things. Don’t become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin.”
-Ivan Pavlov
(Note: Related to psychology because of his classical conditioning…

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May 02

It’s Like Salt-Water

“Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer

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May 01

“…center of strength…”

“Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men…”
-Rollo May

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Apr 30

“Life is not a problem…”

“Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.”
- Soren Kierkegaard

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Apr 28

“It isn’t normal…”

“It isn’t normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.”
- Abraham Maslow

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Apr 26

“If there is anything we wish to change…”

“If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.”
-Carl Jung

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