Famous quotes by Psychologists

"It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by an ideal, since in doing so he can depreciate him as much as he wishes"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

"It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

"In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

"God, who is eternally complete, who directs the stars, who is the master of fates, who elevates man from his lowliness to Himself, who speaks from the cosmos to every single human soul, is the most brilliant manifestation of the goal of perfection"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

"Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

"Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long as he does not understand it"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

"A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

"A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

"Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

"You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"Take it from a guy: If you're in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb the mountain, you will slay the dragon. You're going to get to her somehow, some way"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1"

Ernest Rutherford, Psychologist

"There are some sick people in this world"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"You're only lonely if you're not there for you"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"If your neighbor has a completely different view on abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, all of those things, you still are both Americans. Neither one of you is necessarily more patriotic than the other. Neither loves their country any more than the other one does!"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and have a higher standard of living. But I think there's too much guilt"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you're living your life doesn't matter. What matters is whether you're comfortable with it"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we're capable of"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"It's hard to see your own face without a mirror"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"I'm one of those that believes you can't be one kind of a man and another kind of president"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"I think you're running into a lot of trouble if your idea of foreplay is, 'Brace yourself, honey, here I come!'"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"Do you realize that you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms?"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"The problem is that for women, the average time is just over 14 minutes... Men are left with about 12 minutes during which time they need to think of something to do!"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"I'm embarrassed every time I look a teacher in the eye, because we ask them to do so much for so little"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is"

R. D. Laing, Psychologist

"We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be"

R. D. Laing, Psychologist

"The experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation"

R. D. Laing, Psychologist

"Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings"

R. D. Laing, Psychologist

"Whether life is worth living depends on whether there is love in life"

R. D. Laing, Psychologist

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