Then might I exemplify how an influence beyond our control lays its strong hand on every deed which we do, and weaves its consequences into an iron tissue of necessity. (Wakefield)
Nathaniel HawthorneTags: fate psychology
Character forms a life regardless of how obscurely that life is lived and how little light falls on it from the stars.
James HillmanTags: psychology character jung
Happiness, as is evident, depends partly upon external circumstances and partly upon oneself.
Bertrand RussellTags: psychology
Change occurs when one becomes what he is, not when he tries to become what he is not.
Arnold BeisserTags: inspirational peace psychology
When the only answer a little girl ever receives is no, from her parents or her teachers or her world, at some point she stops asking for what she wants. She begins to expect nothing, so as not to be disappointed when that exactly what she gets. But, it turns out, I do have wants.
Laura FitzgeraldTags: psychology
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.
Edward L. BernaysTags: psychology manipulation group-think mind-control
I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother.
Martha GellhornTags: love men women hate marriage relationships psychology feminism mothers sons matrimony married-life ernest-hemingway
When a person feels powerless in regard to controlling his life, he can defend against the discomfort of such an experience by asserting control over someone else.
A. Nicholas GrothTags: psychology feminism
Men write more books. Men give more lectures. Men ask more questions after lectures. Men post more e-mail to Internet discussion groups. To say this is due to patriarchy is to beg the question of the behavior's origin. If men control society, why don't they just shut up and enjoy their supposed prerogatives? The answer is obvious when you consider sexual competition: men can't be quiet because that would give other men a chance to show off verbally. Men often bully women into silence, but this is usually to make room for their own verbal display. If men were dominating public language just to maintain patriarchy, that would qualify as a puzzling example of evolutionary altruism—a costly, risky individual act that helps all of one's sexual competitors (other males) as much as oneself. The ocean of male language that confronts modern women in bookstores, television, newspapers, classrooms, parliaments, and businesses does not necessarily come from a male conspiracy to deny women their voice. It may come from an evolutionary history of sexual selection in which the male motivation to talk was vital to their reproduction.
Geoffrey MillerTags: biology psychology feminism
Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.
Marshall B. RosenbergTags: psychology
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