Psychology Quotes
I was a protestor. I was such a protestor that I regularly protested things that might have been good for me.
The role of the therapist is to reflect the being/accepting self that was never allowed to be in the borderline.
We pay attention to what we are told to attend to, or what we're looking for, or what we already know...what we see is amazingly limited.
"...the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
The problem with patience and discipline is that it requires both of them to develop each of them.
If you fail to believe you will procrastinate or become idealustic about how awesome you are at working hard and managing your time, you never develop a strategy for outmaneuvering your own weakness.
We use concepts like "consciousness"---"mind"---"personality, " but we don't really know yet what these things are.' He was shaking his head. 'Not really. Not at all.
Suicide may be a choice, but not as much as it is expected when everything else fails.
Through the ages, countless spiritual disciplines have urged us to look within ourselves and seek the truth. Part of that truth resides in a small, dark room -- one we are afraid to enter
The world is full of terrible suffering, compared to which the small inconveniences of my childhood are as a drop of rain in the sea.
A person will complain about his problems, unwilling to receive solutions, while demanding attention trough a victimization, reflecting lack of responsibility.
people will focus on procedures and not notice anything that isn't just part of the procedures
You have the Answer. Just get quiet enough to hear it. ~Pat Obuchowski
In life, we make the best decisions we can with the information we have on hand.
Remind yourself that your mental & emotional health are important.
Our work is not to become a better person, but to become present to the perfection we already are.
An open beginner's mind is a powerful tool for developing patience.
Without the ability to be present we are missing much of what the adventure has to offer.
Then might I exemplify how an influence beyond our control lays its strong hand on every deed which we do, and weaves its consequences into an iron tissue of necessity. (Wakefield)
Is it logical that two people can disagree and that both can be right? It's not logical: it's psychological. And it's very real.
man equate their self-esteem with accomplishment
A large part of the popularity and persuasiveness of psychology comes from its being a sublimated spiritualism: a secular, ostensibly scientific way of affirming the primacy of spirit over matter.
Now if you are told that some piece of information will come as a shock to you, the chances are that you will really feel shocked, even if the information itself isn't of the slightest importance.
For the most part, what we think of as 'I' is nothing more than a whole heap of conditioning.
Psychology either tends to glorify human beings or trivialize them, leaving out the complexity of the human soul and the demands of God.
Psychological motivation is the desire to change relations between two points, and so psychology is the study of equations with two unbound variables. ("America: Three Audiences")
Resiliency is the essence of a global positive framework...
Shall we go?' he murmured, perhaps regretting his decision to show me his army of plastic cartoon figurines.
Angie: "How do I pitch these ideas to her?"Mira: "From a distance, preferably wearing body armor.
A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations.
Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.
He feels the need to hear a human voice—a fully human voice like his own. Sometimes he laughs like a hyena or roars like a lion—his idea of a hyena his idea of a lion.
We are all in this together. Our happiness inextricably is tied to that of all beings.
We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.
Although we look at ourselves as One, in the real world we always experience ourselves as TWO.
People in the midst of losing their patience are certainly experiencing as aspect of dukkha.
