Psychology Quotes

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How hurtful it can be to deny one's true self and live a lif

How hurtful it can be to deny one's true self and live a life of lies just to appease others.

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I don't assign myself to the names of any religious or non r

I don't assign myself to the names of any religious or non religious groups I prefer my actions and beliefs to be manic or marvelous just like me

Stanley Victor Paskavich

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In this quiet place on a quiet streetwhere no one ever finds

In this quiet place on a quiet streetwhere no one ever finds usgently, lovingly, freedom gives back our pain.--from poem In a Quiet Place on a Quiet Street

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The main condition for the achievement of love is the overco

The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real only that which exists within oneself, while the phenomena in the outside world have no reality in themselves, but are experienced only from the viewpoint of their being useful or dangerous to one. The opposite pole to narcissism is objectivity; it is the faculty to see other people and things , objectively, and to be able to separate this picture from a picture which is formed by one's desires and fears.

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My love is something valuable to me which I ought not to thr

My love is something valuable to me which I ought not to throw away without reflection.

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The mind thinks thoughts that we don't plan. It's not as if

The mind thinks thoughts that we don't plan. It's not as if we say, 'At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred.

Sharon Salzberg

Self Help Inspirational Psychology Self Hatred

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.

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Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. The fundamental conceptions of psychology are practically very clear to us, but theoretically they are very confused, and one easily makes the obscurest assumptions in this science without realizing, until challenged, what internal difficulties they involve.

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The transitoriness of our existence in now way makes it mean

The transitoriness of our existence in now way makes it meaningless. But it does constitute our responsibleness; for everything hinges upon our realizing the essentially transitory possibilities.

Viktor E. Frankl

Inspirational Psychology

Authentic Love - When you truly love another human being, yo

Authentic Love - When you truly love another human being, you extend to them the dignity of risk. Love them without fear and embrace them without restrictions. Accept them without wanting them to change to your ideas of their person-hood. Watch them evolve and grow into the realization of their own potential. There comes a time when you recognize they need to journey on without you. Love them enough to let them go. Bless them and release them.

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We can understand the inherent radiance

We can understand the inherent radiance

Sharon Salzberg

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Emptiness and the not-I is the quality that arises when the

Emptiness and the not-I is the quality that arises when the therapist consciously moves out of his own way without hindering the therapeutic process through his own ideas, attitudes, expectations and concepts. He is present, available and responds with the truth in the moment.

Swami Dhyan Giten

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People sometimes imagine that without desire there would be

People sometimes imagine that without desire there would be no enjoyment. The opposite is true. When you're caught up in craving, you never really enjoy anything very much because your mind is always pulling you on to the next desire and the next after that. When you let go of desire, then you're free to enjoy whatever is right in front of you.

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Going down in history is a dead end pursuit

Going down in history is a dead end pursuit

Benny Bellamacina

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So what is a good meditator? A good meditator meditates.

So what is a good meditator? A good meditator meditates.

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The choice in this life is not between easy and hard, but be

The choice in this life is not between easy and hard, but between kinds of hardship, between a hardship that gives birth to wisdom, compassion and mercy, and the hardship that keeps on replicating itself to no end.

Life Inspirational Psychology

We train the mind so that we can enjoy greater peace, happin

We train the mind so that we can enjoy greater peace, happiness, wisdom

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Are you living in the moment?

Are you living in the moment?

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A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concep

A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.

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Life's managed, not cured.

Life's managed, not cured.

Phillip C. McGraw

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