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“Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself.”

Thinking Action Psychology Oneself Self Knowledge Knowing Oneself

Book:Carnets: 1935-1942

Source: Carnets: 1935-1942

“I think that an anthill is better than a nest ... that in the anthill among a hundred thousand or a million you are freer than in a nest, where all sit around and look at one another, waiting until scientists finally discover ways to make us mind readers. ... the psychology of the nest is loathsome to me, and I always sympathize with one who flees his nest, even if he flees into an anthill, where it may be crowded but one can find solitude - that most natural, most worthy state of man, that precious and intense state of being conscious of the world and of oneself.”

Ifs Thinking Men World Way Mind Looks May States Waiting Natural Millions Psychology Reader Thousand Solitude Conscious Hundred Scientist Oneself Worthy Intense Crowded Nests

Author:Nina Berberova

“Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.”

Mean Philosophy Talking History Psychology Humility Communication Confidence Oneself Humble Thrive Concealing Concealment Talking Too Much Humility And Modesty Talking Much

Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche

Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”

Source: Complete Essays

“Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself. We continue to shape our personality all our life. To know oneself, one should assert oneself.”

Thinking Knows Life Should Action Knowledge Psychology Our Lives Personality Shapes Oneself Self Knowledge Knowing Oneself

Book:Carnets: 1935-1942

Source: Carnets: 1935-1942

“Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.”

Goal Psychology Greater Consequence Oneself Want To Be Happy Unintended Consequences

Author:Viktor E. Frankl

“The self is defined psychologically as the psychic totality of the individual. Anything that a [person] postulates as being a greater totality than [oneself] can become a symbol of the self. For this reason the symbol of the self is not always as total as the definition would require.”

Persons Self Reason Individual Psychology Greater Oneself Definitions Symbols Defined Psychics Totality

Author:Carl Jung

“A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossed with oneself, malignant and ungrateful, and never quite in touch with reality.”

Made Reality Interesting Mistake Psychology Oneself Unhappy Never Quit Neurotic Ungrateful

Author:Cyril Connolly