“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”
Carl Gustav Jung
“This sort of detention policy is endangering American lives, ... Even the military psychologists there told me they had never seen an innocent person freed before four months of incarceration. I saw others there who were innocent. Of course, I saw some really bad guys, too.”
Cyrus Kar
“Studying creativity is not an elite distraction, but provides one of the most exciting models for living.”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“Part of living a healthy life is paying attention to friends and family.”
John Cacioppo
“Because psychologists have been able to discover, exactly as in a slow-motion picture, the way the human creature acquires knowledge and habits, the normal child has been vastly helped by what the retarded have taught us.”
Pearl S. Buck
“For the average person, pressure gets in the way [of achievement]. But the narcissist is very happy in the moment of glory. It has to be glory, though. He's not going to be a team player.”
Roy Baumeister
“So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.”
Gordon W. Allport