#psycho

Selection is the very keel on which our mental ship is built. And in this case of memory its utility is obvious. If we remembered everything, we should on most occasions be as ill off as if we remembered nothing. ↗

— William James

#mental-illness

Sometimes the world is so much sicker than the inmates of its institutions. ↗

— Joanne Greenberg

#hope #mental-health #mental-illness #philosophy #psychology

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing. ↗

— Boris Becker

#head #i #keep #playing #psychological

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#cling #emotional #growth #home #leave

Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#history #human #human nature #keeps #nature

The 12 years I was in Fleetwood Mac before were not particularly happy years. I was not in a very good place, psychologically, when I left. I didn't have a lot of confidence in what I was doing. ↗

— Lindsey Buckingham

#confidence #doing #fleetwood #fleetwood mac #good

There's steps that I've taken already, and each week, talking with the sports psychologist on a routine basis and working with the different programs that we're going through. This is all stuff that you can say you're going to make a difference, but I'm putting it into action. ↗

— Kurt Busch

#already #basis #difference #different #each

Ljubav se stalno menja zato što se mi stalno menjamo. Stoga romantična ljubav, sama po sebi, donosi nestabilnost. Čini nas nezadovoljnim onim što imamo time što nas uvek usmerava ka nečemu što ne posedujemo u potpunosti, ili posedujemo u nedovoljnoj meri, ili pak u čije smo posedovanje suviše sigurni. ↗

— Stephen A. Mitchell

#psychoanalysis #love

When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#insight #love #mindfulness #psychology #art

Observing your thoughts, feelings & sensations is the grist of the practice. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#inspirational #meditation #psychology #art