psychology
“It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.”
“Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.”
“Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.”
“The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.”
“Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions.”
“I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.”
“The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.”
“Stories have no point if they don’t absorb our terror.”
“Bad men obey their lusts as servants obey their masters.”
“The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety.”
“An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.”
“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.”
“Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.”
“Most of us drastically underestimate the power of the situation.”
“We must learn how to resist unwanted social influence.”
“The Stanford Prison Experiment showed how quickly roles can transform behavior.”
“We can be seduced into evil by dehumanization, anonymity, and role-playing.”
“Situations exert powerful influences over human behavior.”
“The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.”
“The irritation of doubt causes a struggle to attain a state of belief.”