mind

"Maslow explained that, some time in the late thirties, he had been struck by the thought that modern psychology is based on the study of sick people. But since there are more healthy people around tha…"

"I mean it was bad enough when we had these people called the birthers who thought he was not born here. … But I was saying last night that I've identified this new group and I'm calling them the churc…"

"What people do isn't determined by where they live. It happens to be their damned fault. They decided to watch TV instead of thinking when they were in high school. They decided to blow-off courses an…"

"I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about."

"Sometimes I suspect that our own civilization is not altogether perfect. When I think of the penitentiaries crammed to suffocation, and of the many who ought to be in; of the want, the filth, the depr…"

"Take assertiveness training, get paid what you're worth, join a consciousness raising group."

"Now, when anybody starts talking about this he immediately shifts language. My army is 'volunteer,' your army is 'professional,' and the enemy's army is 'mercenary.' All these three words mean exactly…"

"Habit rules the unreflecting herd."

"In the extraordinary ancestral compost heap of your unconscious mind, I have burrowed too long."

"That is the most stupid thing yet. I tell you that I could despair of human intelligence when I see what can exist in men’s minds."

"I'm an intellectual Thatcherite, just as I was an intellectual Powellite, and I think it important that the Conservative party should be in good hands and that it should win elections."

"Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them."

"Love without courage and wisdom is sentimentality, as with the ordinary church member. Courage without love and wisdom is foolhardiness, as with the ordinary soldier. Wisdom without love and courage i…"

"China's censorship is not as rigorous as everyone thinks. The self-censorship of the authors is much worse."

"That is the wishful thinking by some interested parties. India and China are going to be the powers that will shape the 21st century. China knows it. India is conscious of it. Together, we can make a …"

"Even the strongest minds cannot, with impunity, defy the prejudices of the age."

"I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows e…"

"Any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain."

"I don't think it's worth washing hogs over."

"If you want to become an Islamic fundamentalist and be circumcised, come to Moscow. We are multiconfessional. We have very good specialists. I can recommend one for the operation. He'll make sure noth…"