“I spent on the Other Earth many "other years," wandering from mind to mind and country to country, but I did not gain any clear understanding of the psychology of the Other Men and the significance of their history till I encountered one of their philosophers, an aging but still vigorous man whose eccentric and unpalatable views had prevented him from attaining eminence.” MenYearsMindStillsCountryEarthUnderstandingViewsClearPsychologyGainsAgingPhilosopherWanderSignificanceEccentricVigorousEminence Author:Olaf Stapledon
“Psychology saves us from mistakes. It makes us more clear as to what we are about. We gain confidence in respect to any method which we are using as soon as we believe that it has theory as well as practice at its back.” BelieveWellsArtMistakePracticeClearPsychologyTeachingTheoryGainsMethodTeaching ArtGaining Confidence Book:Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals
“I was in a pharmacy and I saw the warnings on the backs of poisonous substances, and I thought, "Well, that's what I can do." So I wrote a list of ingredients in the book, and warnings that they shouldn't consume those ingredients. The editor and the publisher thought that it was a great way to go in terms of reverse psychology, but it honestly hadn't occurred to me that it was reverse psychology. I just thought that it was sort of an honest assessment making clear that if you were timid or easily disturbed, you could turn away.” IfsWayWellsI CanBookTurnsTermCan DoClearPsychologySawsHonestListsHonestlySubstanceIngredientsEditorsWarningReversePublishersDisturbedAssessmentPoisonousPharmacyReverse Psychology Author:Daniel Handler
“In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations! Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions. Nor is it necessary to portray many main characters. Let two people be the center of gravity in your story: he and she.” PeopleMindTwoStatesCharacterStoriesActionClearPsychologyMinutesHeroEssentialsState Of MindGravityVagueGeneralizationMain CharactersCenter Of Gravity Author:Anton Chekhov
“There was no point in seeking to convert the intellectuals. For intellectuals would never be converted and would anyway always yield to the stronger, and this will always be "the man in the street." Arguments must therefore be crude, clear and forcible, and appeal to emotions and instincts, not the intellect. Truth was unimportant and entirely subordinate to tactics and psychology.” MenEmotionClearPsychologyStreetsHe ManArgumentInstinctSeekingIntellectAppealsYieldTacticsNo PointUnimportantCrudeSubordinatesPsychological Warfare Author:Joseph Goebbels
“Bentham spent much of his life writing constitutions and proposing legal reform in the light of his utilitarianism. The evaluation of particular acts was hardly his concern. The psychology of his day was hedonistic and he worked in that framework and passed it on to Mill, but it is clear as day that Mill was not a hedonist in the sense in which we use that term today, though he used the language of pleasure and pain to express his views.” WritingUseLightTodayPainUsedLanguageTermPleasureViewsClearPsychologyParticularConcernConstitutionReformFrameworkMillsEvaluationPain And PleasureUtilitarianismHedonisticHedonist Author:Dale Jamieson
“I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.” PeopleKnowsI CanBookWinningPartyClearPsychologyDrinkRespectArgumentDignityBeerOpponentsInvitesTopicsFunny InspirationalSteersContentionDaveGreat RespectWinning An Argument Author:Dave Barry
“If Goddess religion is not to become mindless idiocy, we must win clear of tendency of magic to become supertition. Magic - and among its branches I include psychology as its purpose to describe and change consciousness - is an art.” IfsArtPurposeWinningConsciousnessClearPsychologyMagicTendenciesBranchesGoddessMindlessIdiocy Author:Starhawk
“Just remember, without discipline, a clear strategy, and a concise plan, the speculator will fall into all the emotional pitfalls of the market - jump from one stock to another, hold a losing position too long, and cut out of a winner too soon, for no reason other than fear of losing profit. Greed, Fear, Impatience, Ignorance, and Hope will all fight for mental dominance over the speculator. Then, after a few failures and catastrophes the speculator may become demoralised, depressed, despondent, and abandon the market and the chance to make a fortune from what the market has to offer.” MayLongReasonRememberFallFightingChanceClearPsychologyCuttingPlansPositionIgnoranceEmotionalDisciplineOffersLosingStrategyFortuneGreedProfitWinnerNo ReasonAbandonCatastropheImpatienceDominancePitfallsConciseSpeculatorsDespondent Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“He who experiments must, while doing so, divest himself of every preconception. It is clear then that if we wish to make use of a method of experimental psychology, the first thing necessary is to renounce all former creeds and to proceed by means of the method in the search for truth.” IfsFirstsMeanUseWishClearPsychologyMethodExperimentsFormerCreedsNihilismRenouncePreconceptionsSearch For TruthExperimental Psychology Book:The Montessori Method Source: The Montessori Method
“We are mindful of desire when we experience it with an embodied awareness, recognizing the sensations and thoughts of wanting as arising and passing phenomena. While this isn't easy, as we cultivate the clear seeing and compassion of Radical Acceptance, we discover we can open fully to this natural force, and remain free in its midst.” MindPhilosophyBodyDesireForceEasyNaturalCompassionClearPsychologySeeingAwarenessAcceptanceMedicineSensesPassingPassingsRadicalMidstSensationsRecognizingSomaRadical Acceptance Author:Tara Brach