Quotes About Psychology

But here I was with hardly a sign of any outward conflict. It was all running around in spiked boots inside my head, making cuts and bruises where no one could see them except me and a psychologist. But it was just as bad.

Let me make it clear. People die every day, psychologically speaking. Some part of them gets tired.

The Murderer

the "guiding idea" of his work was to find "the commonality of themes in world myths, pointing to a constant requirement in the human psyche for a centering in terms of deep principles.

It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self-knowledge.

would be interesting for science to watch the mental changes of individuals, on the spot.' I felt I was becoming scientifically interesting.

Even extreme grief may ultimately vent itself in violence — but more generally takes the form of apathy...

I remembered the old doctor —'It would be interesting for science to watch the mental changes of individuals, on the spot.' I felt I was becoming scientifically interesting.

I didn't know what he was playing up to—if he was playing up to anything at all—and I suspect he did not know either; for it is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self-knowledge.

We know through advances in behavioral economics and marketing that one can manipulate perceptions and beliefs.

that you have to be insane before they will let you fly no more missions, but the fact that you want to fly no more missions is proof that you are not insane.

He felt imprisoned in an airplane. In an airplane there was absolutely no place in the world to go except to another part of the airplane. Doc Daneeka had been told that people who enjoyed climbing into an airplane were really giving vent to a subconscious desire to climb back into the womb.

Tudja, ez lehet a megoldás: dicsekedjünk azzal, amit szégyenlenünk kellene. Ez olyan trükk, ami, úgy látszik, mindig beválik.

Subconsciously there are many people you hate." "Consciously, sir, consciously," Yossarian corrected in an effort to help. "I hate them consciously.

Sure there's a catch,' Doc Daneeka replied. 'Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy.' There

Hasn't it ever occurred to you that in your promiscuous pursuit of women you are merely trying to assuage your subconscious fears of sexual impotence?' 'Yes, sir, it has.' 'Then why do you do it?' 'To assuage my fears of sexual impotence.

Subconscientemente, há muitas pessoas que odeia. – Conscientemente, senhor, conscientemente – corrigiu Yossarian

You were born with only two fears, the fear of falling and the fear of noise. All your other fears were acquired. Get rid of them.

If a man begins to brood or grows morbid against his wife because of things she said or did, he is, psychologically speaking, committing adultery. One of the meanings of adultery is idolatry, which means giving attention to or uniting mentally with that which is negative and destructive. When a man is silently resenting his wife and is full of hostility toward her, he is unfaithful. He is not faithful to his marriage vows, which are to love, cherish, and honor her all the days of his life.

William James, the great American psychologist, said, "Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

The subconscious mind is the seat of your emotions.

If you think negatively, destructively, and viciously, these thoughts generate destructive emotions that must be expressed and must find an outlet. These emotions, being of a negative nature, are frequently expressed as ulcers, heart trouble, tension, and anxieties.

Four basic personality difficulties are at the root of everything that goes wrong in the subconscious mind,' Dr. Parker said. 'They are fear, hate, guilt, and inferiority.

The law of your mind is this: You will get a reaction or response from your subconscious according to the nature of the thought or idea you hold in your conscious mind.