Psychology Quotes - Page 7

Human beings, in a sense, may be thought of as multidimensional creatures composed of such poetic considerations as the individual need
for self-realization, subdued passions for overwhelming beauty, and a hunger for meaning beyond the flavors that enter and exit the physical body.

The most talented people are always the nicest.

Going down in history is a dead end pursuit

Whenever ego suffers from fear of death & your practice turns to seeing impermanence, ego settles down.

We must accept the reality that the causes of impatience travel a two-way street.

Patience is a natural consequence of the cultivation of compassion & love, for ourselves and all beings.

The art of peaceful living comes down to living compassionately & wisely.

Buddhism is all about science. If science is the systematic pursuit of the accurate knowledge of reality, then science is Buddhism, Buddhism is science.

Patience is supported & nurtured by a quality of forgiveness.

Understanding the true nature of things, or seeing things as they really are, is the ground of wisdom.

One of the best ways to support the development of patience is to cultivate happiness with yourself.

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza
Poverty: The result of marriage.

The greater the gap between self perception and reality, the more aggression is unleashed on those who point out the discrepancy.

She captured the spot of my world’s centre and sent me in elliptic rings about it, causing the ground beneath me to vanish and the breath of my lungs to disperse. I was a rock locked in helpless orbit.

Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but you thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking.

All literature, or most literature, is about sex." (A. Burgess)

It is strange... the reasons one feels he doesn't deserve things.

Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be clinically alive and yet, despite all appearances, spiritually dead.

Psychology is a subject of life, death, and in-betweens.