#psychology

You want to be happy? You want to be well? Then put your boots on. ↗

— Norah Vincent

#mental-health #psychiatry #psychology #inspirational

Psychology is the science of mental life ↗

— William James

#life-and-living #psychology #inspirational

If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride ↗

— Karen Horney

#psychology #inspirational

The mind thinks thoughts that we don't plan. It's not as if we say, 'At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#psychology #self-hatred #self-help #inspirational

What is demanded of man is not, as some existential philosophers teach, to endure the meaninglessness of life, but rather to bear his incapacity to grasp its unconditional meaningfulness in rational terms. ↗

— Viktor E. Frankl

#psychology #inspirational

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

Such being the nature of mental life, the business of psychology is primarily to describe in detail the various forms which attention or conation assumes upon the different levels of that life. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#attention #being #business #conation #describe

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

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

Our perceptions are influenced by our surroundings. ↗

— Asa Don Brown

#freedom #inspirational #motivational #psychology #spirituality