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In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.

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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

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Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

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There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography.

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Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.

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Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.

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If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

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In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients.

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A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.

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People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: April 15th, 1920

Died: September 8th, 2012

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