(158 quotes found)
“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
“Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.”
Carl Gustav Jung
“If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.”
“The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.”
Abraham Maslow
“We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.”
“People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.”
Albert Bandura
“Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing.”
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
Carl Rogers
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”