"Amazement and wonder signify that one's concepts of self and of the world and of other people are ready to be re-formed."

--

Source : SIDNEY M. JOURARD (1968). “DISCLOSING MAN TO HIMSELF”

Sidney Jourard

#Self Quotes #People Quotes #World Quotes

“I'm always sticking up for other people.”

Source : "Sophie's world". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2002.
“We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence.”
“I find that the more willing I am to be grateful for the small things in life, the bigger stuff just seems to show up from unexpected sources, and I am constantly looking forward to each day with all the surprises that keep coming my way!”
“Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe...”
“I don't walk around like I'm a movie star because I don't think of myself as a movie star. People usually don't even notice me.”
“When I say I loved it, I don't mean I loved being hit. I just mean...there was some good in there, too. I am not going to call it all bad.”
“To the teacher weighed down with paperwork, I say: you've been messed around too often. You came into teaching to spend your time teaching children not filling in forms.”
“The man that gets drunk is little else than a fool, And is in the habit, no doubt, of advocating for Home Rule; But the best Home Rule for him, as far as I can understand, Is the abolition of strong drink from the land.”

Source : William Topaz McGonagall, “The Demon Drink”

You may also like:

Abraham Maslow
Psychologist
Carl Rogers
Psychologist
Clark Moustakas
Author
Erich Fromm
Psychologist
Irvin D. Yalom
Author
Otto Rank
Psychoanalyst
Paul Tillich
Philosopher
Rollo May
Psychologist
Soren Kierkegaard
Philosopher