“Our whole practical government is grounded in mob psychology and the Boobus Americanus will follow any command that promises to make him safer.” WholeGovernmentAmericaPsychologyPromisePracticalsCommandGrounded Author:H. L. Mencken
“Intelligence is important in psychology for two reasons. First, it is one of the most scientifically developed corners of the subject, giving the student as complete a view as is possible anywhere of the way scientific method can be applied to psychological problems. Secondly, it is of immense practical importance, educationally, socially, and in regard to physiology and genetics.” WayGivingFirstsTwoImportantReasonProblemScienceViewsPsychologySubjectsStudentsImportanceRegardMethodCornersPracticalsPsychologicalImmenseGeneticsScientific MethodPhysiologyPsychological Problems Author:Raymond Cattell
“The Adlerians, in the name of "individual psychology," take the side of society against the individual. ... Adler's later thought succumbs to the worst of his earlier banalization. It is conventional, practical, and moralistic. "Our science ... is based on common sense." Common sense, the half-truths of a deceitful society, is honored as the honest truths of a frank world.” WorldNamesIndividualSidesCommonHalfPsychologyWorstHonestPracticalsCommon SenseFrankConventionalHonoredDeceitfulHonest TruthHalf TruthAdler Author:Alfred Adler
“Inspirational Psychology includes the practical application of identifying the thoughts and mistaken beliefs that cause us pain, along with a contemplative practice to discover our true nature, which is Love.” PainBeliefCausesPracticePsychologyPracticalsApplicationMistakenTrue NatureIdentifyingContemplative Author:Lee L Jampolsky
“At last, psychology gets serious about glee, fun, and happiness. Martin Seligman has given us a gift-a practical map for the perennial quest for a flourishing life.” LifeLastsGivenFunPsychologySeriousPracticalsMapsQuestsFlourishingGlee Author:Daniel Goleman
“Liberty is not for these slaves; I do not advocate inflicting it against their conscience. On the contrary, I am strongly in favor of letting them crawl and grovel all they please before whatever fraud or combination of frauds they choose to venerate...Our whole practical government is grounded in mob psychology and the Boobus Americanus will follow any command that promises to make him safer.” WholeGovernmentFreedomLibertyPsychologyPleasePromiseConscienceSlaveContraryFavorsPracticalsCommandCombinationFraudGrounded Author:H. L. Mencken
“[R]eason is... given to us as a practical faculty, that is, as one that influences the will.” ActionGivenMoralPsychologyInfluenceEthicsPracticalsFaculty Author:Immanuel Kant
“In chess the most unbelievable thing for me is that it's a game for everybody: rich, poor, girl, boy, old, young. It's a fantastic game which can unite people and generations! It's a language which you'll find people "speak" in every country. If you reach a certain level you find a very rich world! Art, sport, logic, psychology, a battlefield, imagination, creativity not only in practical games but don't forget either how amazing a feeling it is to compose a study, for example (unfortunately that's not appreciated these days but it's a fantastic part of chess!).” PeopleIfsWorldArtCountryFeelingsYoungCertainGirlGamesSpeakLanguageSportsImaginationForgetPoorLevelsBoysCreativityStudyRichPsychologyGenerationsExampleLogicChessPracticalsFantasticThese DaysUnbelievableAppreciatedBattlefieldsRich PoorImagination CreativityBoy GirlUnbelievable ThingsNot Appreciated Author:Judit Polgar
“I gleaned more practical psychology and psychiatry from the Bible, than from all other books!” BookPsychologyPracticalsPsychiatry Author:George W. Crane
“The three branches of somaesthetics: the analytic study of the body's role in perception, experience, and action and thus in our mental, moral, and social life; the pragmatic study of methodologies to improve our body-mind functioning and thus expand our capacities of self-fashioning; and the practical branch that investigates such pragmatic methods by testing them on our own flesh in concrete experience and practice.” MindSelfPhilosophyBodyActionThreeSocialMoralRolesPracticeStudyPsychologyPerceptionCapacityMethodMedicineFleshSensesPracticalsBranchesConcreteTestingSocial LifePragmaticMethodologyAnalyticsSoma Author:Richard Shusterman