Famous quotes by Psychologists

Small: The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new t
"The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done"
Jean Piaget, Psychologist
Small: It has long been known for sure that the sight of tasty food makes a hungry mans mouth water also lack of appe
"It has long been known for sure that the sight of tasty food makes a hungry man's mouth water; also lack of appetite has always been regarded as an undesirable phenomenon, from which one might conclude that appetite is essentially linked with the process of digestion"
Ivan Pavlov, Psychologist
Small: We speak of virtue, honour, reason but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substan
"We speak of virtue, honour, reason; but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substance"
Wilhelm Wundt, Psychologist
Small: There is nothing that war has ever achieved we could not better achieve without it
"There is nothing that war has ever achieved we could not better achieve without it"
Havelock Ellis, Psychologist
Small: The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe
"The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe"
Claude Bernard, Psychologist
Small: Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives
"Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives"
Viktor E. Frankl, Psychologist
Small: What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds
"What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds"
Wayne Dyer, Psychologist
Small: It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after bec
"It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice"
William Glasser, Psychologist
Small: The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers
Carl Jung
"The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: Who looks outside, dreams who looks inside, awakes
Carl Jung
"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but
Carl Jung
"The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate
Carl Jung
"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who popula
Carl Jung
"The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of
Carl Jung
"The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner
Carl Jung
"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also
Carl Jung
"Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people
Carl Jung
"Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles som
Carl Jung
"It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves
Carl Jung
"It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not
Carl Jung
"If there is anything that 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, Psychologist
Small: If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool
Carl Jung
"If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own
Carl Jung
"Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves
Carl Jung
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it wer
Carl Jung
"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere bei
Carl Jung
"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination
Carl Jung
"All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: A scream is always just that - a noise and not music
Carl Jung
"A "scream" is always just that - a noise and not music"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible da
Carl Jung
"Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: The word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness
Carl Jung
"The word "happiness" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: The word belief is a difficult thing for me. I dont believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis.
Carl Jung
"The word "belief" is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it"
Carl Jung, Psychologist