#psych

How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole ↗

— C.G. Jung

#inspiration #life #psychology #shadow #whole

In conclusion we may say, in view of the confirmation that our study has given of the parallelism between individual and racial thought of the Self, that in the history of psychology we discern the great profile which the race has drawn on the pages of time. ↗

— James M. Baldwin

#conclusion #confirmation #discern #drawn #given

The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology. ↗

— James M. Baldwin

#being #conscious #development #history #matter

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong. ↗

— C.G. Jung

#morality #psychology #reason #intelligence

Such a woman is called "Mother's FRIEND" always ready to give judicious Parental advice and living vicariously on the experience of others ↗

— Eric Berne

#experience

The researchers found that nearly every change they made was followed by a temporary uptick in performance, even when it involved simply undoing a previous change. They concluded that the increases in worker productivity were not due to better lighting or better pay or longer breaks per se. They were just temporary improvements caused by a change in routine. ↗

— Hal Herzog

#psychology #science #change

Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side. Instead, he turned the law inside out and made illegality legal. ↗

— Robert Byrd

#cloak #enormous #having #his #hitler

Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare them openly is rather like facing a psychoanalyst. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#data #declare #even #facing #like

Our work is not to become a better person, but to become present to the perfection we already are. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#compassion #love #psychology #art

But there was something psychological happening there that was just a little bit different. And the other thing was, there was no stigma. Kids weren't going into the 'Center-for-Kids-That-Need-More-Help' or something like that. It was 826 Valencia. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#different #going #happening #into #just