Psychology Quotes

"The possession of anything begins in the mind." "6: Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." "There is nothing essentially wrong with the feeling of a profound sadness that accompanies loss" "Dreaming is a kind of mental illness or rather something more commonly paired with it." "The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and prototype of the affect of anxiety." "The more perfect a person is on the outside, the more demons they have on the inside." "The difference between sex and love is that sex relieves tension and love causes it." "Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?" "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." "Illusion is the first of all pleasures." "Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish" "As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can" "People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty." "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." "The competition is not between you and someone else; it’s between you and your ego."