In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social.

In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter.

The dualism itself becomes a sort of presupposition or datum; its terms condition the further problem.

All along we find that social life - religion, politics, art - reflects the stages reached in the development of the knowledge of self; it shows the social uses made of this knowledge.

Feeling is the consciousness of the resulting conditions - of success, failure, equilibrium, compromise or balance, in this continuous rivalry of ideas.

Like all science, psychology is knowledge; and like science again, it is knowledge of a definite thing, the mind.

Heredity provides for the modification of its own machinery.

The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology.

Plato stands for the union of truth and goodness in the supreme idea of God.

Pythagoras took the next important step by subordinating the mere matter of nature to its essential principle of form and order, identifying the latter with reason or the soul.

The prehistorical and primitive period represents the true infancy of the mind.

We didn’t believe in tomorrow. We we couldn’t forget what had happened yesterday.

A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.

Think of the long trip home. Should we have stayed home and thought of here? Where should we be today?

Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.

Desire is God tapping at the door of your mind, trying to give you greater good.

He had everything a dream boy should have. Back, front, sides, Everything. A head.

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

The world never puts a price on you higher than the one you put on yourself.

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.

If you want this life to stop breaking your heart, stop giving your heart to this life.