Quotes and Sayings about Psychology

Even with therapy, our wounds may take a long time to heal. We can't just erase our worst impulses. But maybe we can control them.

Most of the narcissists are geniuses and masters of Psychology. But they are using their knowledge to eradicate, rather than to help humanity.

After doing psychology for half a century, my passion for all of it is greater than ever.

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand.

Robin, if you asked a hundred people: "Who's the worst person you could possibly date?" They'd all say "your therapist", except the ones saying "Barney".

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.

What the eye doesn't see and the mind doesn't know, doesn't exist.

A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.

Just as the eye was made to see colours, and the ear to hear sounds, so the human mind was made to understand.

Pen, paper and books are the gunpowder of the mind.

My mind is always racing, and always going and always working, and it's a gift and a curse.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.

Have a strong mind and a soft heart.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. I say, fall head over heels. Find someone you can love like crazy and who will love you the same way back. How do you find him? Well, you forget your head, and you listen to your heart.

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

People spend more time talking than thinking.

As I fear not a child with a weapon he cannot lift, I will never fear the mind of a man who does not think.

Few people think, but many want to rule.

You do your best thinking when you're not thinking at all.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those points where two different lines of thought meet.

Stuff all my problems in that bong and I’m puffing strong
I been locked in my way of thinking now my cuffs are gone

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.

What we think, we become.

I have always worried about things more than I should.

Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.

He who thinks too much, will not act.

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.

It even smells rich in here. If a bomb dropped on this place, Britain's GDP would drop by 10%, but it might be worth it. Let the games begin. Which one of these people will I hate the most?

Heartbreak is our greatest teacher, and if so, thank you for making me wise.

It's only once you've stopped, that you realize how hard it is to start again. So you force yourself not to want it.

If you're looking for the word that means caring for someone beyond all rationality and wanting them to have everything they want, no matter how much it destroys you, it's love!

I think love should come out of nowhere, sweep you up completely.

Academic success depends on research and publications.

Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

Whatever you do in this life, it's not legendary, unless your friends are there to see it.

From every boy masquerading as a man that you let into your body, your heart, you learned you didn't have whatever magic turns a beast into a prince.

The only thing crueler than a cage so
small that a bird can’t fly is a cage so
large that a bird thinks it can fly.

Remember when we crashed Dad's beloved Maserati? We were all banged up. But better to suffer in silence than let him know what we did. This feels like that. Only, I can't take this damaged thing to the wrong side of town and claim someone stole it.

Dude, I love green juice, but celery is basically Satan's butt plug.

Barney: "Our wedding is gonna be legendary."
Robin: "No wait for it?"
Barney: "I've got you, I don't have to wait for it anymore."

Well, maybe this isn't a breakup. Maybe this is two friends getting back together.

Marshall: "It's kind of a big, professional meeting. You might want to trade out that lollipop for a shirt."
Ted: "Yeah. I'll just give it to one of these kids."
Marshall: "Oh, buddy. You're half naked, you're not a parent to any of these children. Don't offer 'em candy!"

Your heart's talking to you, Barney. Do you have the guts to listen to it?

Quinn: "In the event of divorce, Miss Garvey shall get full custody of Mr. Stinson's suits."
Barney: "Why? What would you do with them?"
Quinn: "Nothing. I'd just sit around and watch them go out of style."