#psychology

...in spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money, power-almost all our energy is used for the learning of how to achieve these aims, and almost none to learn the art of loving. Could it be that only those things are considered worthy of being learned with which one can earn money or prestige, and that love, which "only" profits the soul, but is profitless in the modern sense, is a luxury we have no right to spend energy on? ↗

— Erich Fromm

#psychoanalysis #psychology #the-art-of-loving #art

The roots of the tarot have been lost forever and if we are to experience any sense of continuity we must turn to its appearance as an esoteric device. ↗

— Charles Ponce

#experience

I'd always had an interest in physiotherapy and psychology. ↗

— Bob Paisley

#had #i #interest #psychology

În clipa când ți se impune să nu te gândești la un lucru, te vei gândi doar la el, obsesiv. Interdicția devine obligație. ↗

— Jean-Claude Carrière

#philosophy #psychology #inspirational

Human intelligence is nothing but the stupidity acquired through repression. ↗

— Georg Groddeck

#intelligence

Emptiness and the not-“I” is the quality that arises when the therapist consciously moves out of his own way without hindering the therapeutic process through his own ideas, attitudes, expectations and concepts. He is present, available and responds with the truth in the moment. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#awareness #ego #love #meditation #presence

Wilhelm Reich identified "armor" as the sum total of typical character attitudes, which an individual develops as a blocking against his emotional excitations, resulting in rigidity of the body, lack of emotional contact, "deadness". Functionally identical to muscular armor (chronic muscular spasms) ↗

— Wilhelm Reich

#contact #deadness #emotional #emotions #fear

How often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessments made by a child? We can replace the narratives that hold us back by inventing wiser stories, free from childish fears, and, in doing so, disperse long-held psychological stumbling blocks. ↗

— Benjamin Zander

#mindset #psychology #transformation #art

Improving intelligence is possible, but it is more likely to occur if children are given the right experiences at the right ages. ↗

— Dennis Garlick

#psychology #science-fiction #age

A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. ↗

— Paul Dudley White

#adult #good #healthy #medicine #more