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

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.

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.

The general tendency of evolution is from structure to function, from bondage to freedom of the individual elements.

After 40 years of marriage, isn’t it amazing when you can look at your partner sound asleep next to you and still believe they have potential.

Everthing-absolutely everything-will be my I love you, Eppie.

There's no place like home. And I do miss my home.

You can never love me.

The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning.

I really enjoy myself in Norway. Because I had started losing confidence in my ability of what I do. But sometimes, man, you just get tired of fighting and trying to prove yourself.

A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke.

In most vital organizations, there is a common bond of interdependence, mutual interest, interlocking contributions, and simple joy.

My father got along with everyone.

Remember: courage, unused, diminishes. Commitment, unexercised, wanes. Love, unshared, dissipates.