“There’s a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There’s a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.”— Phil McGraw, m.imdb.com
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”— Abraham Maslow, amazon.com
“Chasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort.”— Kelly McGonigal, youtube.com
“That pounding heart is preparing you for action. If you're breathing faster, it's no problem. It's getting more oxygen to your brain.”— Kelly McGonigal, youtube.com
“On some level, people aren’t wielding power. Power is wielding people. Notable rapper and public intellectual, Lupe Fiasco, tweeted about it: ‘When man does harness power, can he only do so in the same tradition as those who have had it before him? And thus yield only the same results as those who h…”— John Green, youtube.com
“Programing may come from one of three sources: Parent, Adult or Child, or more generally, from society, material or idiosyncrasy.”— Eric Berne, amazon.com
“Just as your body was designed to extract oxygen from the Earth’s atmosphere, and nutrients from the foods you ingest, your body was designed to love. Love — like taking a deep breath, or eating an orange when you’re depleted and thirsty — not only feels great but is also life-giving, an indispensab…”— Barbara Fredrickson, aeon.co
“We are told stories as children to help us bridge the abyss between waking and sleeping. We tell stories to our own children for the same purpose. When I find myself in danger -- caught on a stuck ski-lift in a blizzard -- I immediately start telling myself stories. I tell myself stories when I am i…”— John Cheever, amazon.com
“Men prefer honest women, particularly for long-term relationships.”— Rebecca Harrington, businessinsider.com
“For many people with OCD, the symptoms ebb and flow over the course of their lifetime.”— Rafi Letzter, businessinsider.com
“The brain appears to possess a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches us, that makes our lives beautiful.”— Milan Kundera, amazon.com
“The way to acknowledge that you've just spoken to another human being, about just about anything, in Australia, is to say "No worries, mate." I'm trying to take it to heart. I wonder whether it means Australia has fewer clinical psychologists than the US, or more...”— Doug Frank, facebook.com
“Two applicant profiles were created for a police chief position. One profile was streetwise and one was formally educated. When the streetwise candidate was named Michael and the formally educated candidate was named Michelle, participants tended to choose Michael-and when questioned why, would beli…”— Brie Code, gamesindustry.biz
“How do you trap a big monkey in a small cage the size of a banana? Easy! You place a banana inside the cage and leave an opening large enough for the monkey’s hand, but not for the banana. As soon as the monkey grabs the banana, it’s trapped. The monkey can set itself free if it lets go of the banan…”— Ronit Baras, changingminds.org
“The worst part about anger is its end. When your blood has finished boiling, when your fists remember how to unclench, when you grow distant from the very reason why you were angry in the first place, you realize that you have opened up a valley gorge between what once was and what is now. We do cra…”— Amanda Ngo, facebook.com
“lately i’ve been replacing my ‘i’m sorry’s with ‘thank you’s, like instead of ‘sorry i’m late’ i’ll say ‘thanks for waiting for me’, or instead of ‘sorry for being such a mess’ i’ll say ‘thank you for loving me and caring about me unconditionally’ and it’s not only shifted the way i think and feel a…”— vijara, vijara.tumblr.com
“Many people believe that memory works like a recording device. You just record the information, then you call it up and play it back when you want to answer questions or identify images. But decades of work in psychology has shown that this just isn’t true. Our memories are constructive. They’re rec…”— Elizabeth Loftus, ted.com
“I don't believe in psychology; which says everything you do is because of yourself. That is so untrue. We are social animals, and everything we do is because of other people, because we love them, or because we don't.”— Miranda July, amazon.com