Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Psychology Quotes
ComplexesControlPsychologySelf-awareness Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.
LearningMemoryNeurosciencePerceptionPsychology There is no memory or retentive faculty based on lasting impression. What we designate as memory is but increased responsiveness to repeated stimuli.
Behavior ChangeDisciplineMotivationPsychologySelf-Improvement Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.
CognitionIllusionMysteryPerceptionPsychology For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains.
PsychologySelfSymbolism The Christ-symbol is of the greatest importance for psychology in so far as it is perhaps the most highly developed and differentiated symbol of the self, apart from the figure of the Buddha.
BehaviorHuman NatureManipulationPsychologyStrategy I'm pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people's bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides.
BiasChallengesPerceptionPsychologySelf-awareness I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at.
ConformityHuman NaturePsychologyRebellionSociety The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the appetite.
AnxietyControlFearPsychologyTradition Ritual is another word for fear, manifested in a different way.
EvolutionNeurosciencePsychologySensory PerceptionSurvival Mechanisms It turns out our brain is sensitive, maybe too sensitive, to motion. It's a survival mechanism.
CreativityDeterminismHuman NatureLiteraturePsychology It is a big temptation to me, when I create a character for a novel, to say that he is what he is because of faulty wiring, or because of microscopic amounts of chemicals which he ate or failed to eat on that particular day.
EgotismLeadershipPsychologySelf-awarenessWorkplace Behavior The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
AnticipationFearPleasurePsychologySuffering If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
Behavioral InfluenceChild DevelopmentFamily DynamicsParentingPsychology Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.
BehaviorCourageFearImaginationPsychology Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
CognitionConfusionPerceptionPsychologyTrust When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
BehaviorHuman NaturePerceptionPrioritiesPsychology The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.
Business AcumenPsychologySuccess The best wrestlers, whether it's a Hulk Hogan or a Rey Mysterio, are the ones who have psychology and can understand this business.
FearHuman NatureMoralityMotivationPsychology The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
Human NatureInner ConflictPsychologySelf-ControlSubconscious Mind Sometimes you have compulsions that you can't control coming from the subconscious... they are the dictator inside ourselves.
Human NatureMysteryObservationPerceptionPsychology There's something about witnessing something in the sky that makes people think they're seeing something unique or special. I don't really understand the psychology of it, to be honest.
BehaviorCycleEmpathyHealthPsychology The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
NatureOptical IllusionsPerceptionPsychologyUrban Environment In any city with lots of skyscrapers, lots of skyline, the moon seems bigger than it is. It's called the moon illusion.
IntrospectionLovePsychologyRelationshipsSelf Reflection Falling in love is a narcissistic endeavor. You play the role of lover, and you find someone to act it out on.