Human institutions depend for their existence and stability on the impulse of self-preservation and its close associate, - the fear instinct.

Social laughter is momentary, soon burns itself out and passes away like the fire and smokes of straw, but genius shakes the very skies with its lasting, inextinguishable laughter.

Suggestibility varies as the amount of disaggregation, and inversely as the unification of consciousness.

The course of evolution is to a greater integration of similarly functioning ganglia.

Psychology must postulate uniformity of interrelation of physical, physiological, and psychic processes.

The recognition, the diagnosis, and the preservation of psychopathic individuals account for the apparent increase of neurotics in civilized communities.

Not purpose but chance is at the heart of mental life.

Mental synthesis of psychic content in the unity of a moment-consciousness is a fundamental principle of psychology.

The main source of psychopathic diseases is the fundamental instinct of fear with its manifestations, the feeling of anxiety, anguish, and worry.

The principle of recognition of evil under all its guises is at the basis of the true education of man.

The man of genius whether as artist or thinker requires a mass of accidental variations to select from and a rigidly selective process of attention.

Education and wisdom will define your destination in life-- not wealth.

It's what you do when you grow up, apparently, face up to things you'd rather not and accept the fact that nobody is who you thought they were, maybe not even close.

It is only in marriage with the world that our ideals can bear fruit divorced from it they remain barren.

I don't swim! That's like athletic.

I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.

Appearances are deceitful, I know, but so long as they are, there's nothing like having them deceive for us instead of against us.

I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.

I believe in the surprises of the Holy Spirit.

Anytime you feel jealous or envious, you reject your uniqueness. It's a criticism of God's plan for you.

We are the shadow cast by real people. And that shadow changes shape as the news cycle changes shape, so you always have fresh dirt to dig in.