#psych

Human life--that appeared to him the one thing worth investigating. Compared to it there was nothing else of any value. It was true that as one watched life in its curious crucible of pain and pleasure, one could not wear over one's face a mask of glass, nor keep the sulphurous fumes from troubling the brain and making the imagination turbid with monstrous fancies and misshapen dreams. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#dreams

Do we secretly idolize our imagined opposites, yearning to become the role models for others we know we could never be for ourselves? ↗

— John Waters

#psychology #humor

The endless newsreel clips of nuclear explosions that we saw on TV in the 1960s (were) a powerful incitement to the psychotic imagination, sanctioning *everything*. ↗

— J.G. Ballard

#nuclear #psychosis #tv #imagination

Wisdom is not guaranteed with age but is realized through one's sensitivity to humanity and the universe ↗

— I. Alan Appt

#philosophy #psychology #self-help #spirituality #age

People sometimes imagine that without desire there would be no enjoyment. The opposite is true. When you're caught up in craving, you never really enjoy anything very much because your mind is always pulling you on to the next desire and the next after that. When you let go of desire, then you're free to enjoy whatever is right in front of you. ↗

— Lorne Ladner

#psychology #wisdom #art

I've always thought that Freud's theory of penis envy was fairly ridiculous -- but I'm absolutely certain that if you put a piece of bread in your mouth and suck on it you'll go to heaven. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#psychoanalysis #imagination

If you feel unwanted or unappreciated where you are or by those you're with, it only means you're in the wrong place or with the wrong people. Hang in there. Someone else will see you for the true gift you are. ↗

— LK Hunsaker

#psychology #relationships #self-esteem #inspirational

We train the mind so that we can enjoy greater peace, happiness, wisdom & equanimity. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#inspiration #inspirational #peace #psychology #spirituality

Successful people are inspired people; they are unwilling to accept the “status quo. ↗

— Asa Don Brown

#inspirational

You are the answer. All you have to do is believe. ↗

— Michael Lopez

#magical #psychological #inspirational