Psychologists

“What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.”

“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.”

“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it.”

“It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found.”

“Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is.”

“Ultimately, we must each find our own way, and that is the existential challenge of life.”

“Le désir de l'homme est le désir de l'Autre.”

“Desire is the desire of the Other.”

“The principal goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.”

“In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.”

“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.”

“Gegen sich ganz ehrlich zu sein, ist eine gute Übung.”

“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”