Top 200 Psychology Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.”

— Erik H. Erikson

152. “Self-regulation depends on having a friendly relationship with your body. Without it you have to rely on external regulation – from medication, drugs like alcohol, constant reassurance, or compulsive compliance with the wishes of others.”

— Bessel A. van der Kolk

153. “Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. Instead of offering empathy, we often have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. Empathy, however, calls upon us to empty our mind and listen to others with our whole being.”

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

154. “The unconscious process moves spiral-wise around a center, gradually getting closer, while the characteristics of the center grow more and more distinct.”

— C.G. Jung

155. “Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs.”

— M. Scott Peck

156. “Connection, the ability to feel connected, is neurobiologically wired, that’s why we’re here!”

— Brené Brown

157. “Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.”

— Viktor E. Frankl

158. “Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot survive empathy.”

— Brené Brown

159. “The collective unconscious contains the whole spiritual heritage of mankind’s evolution born anew in the brain structure of every individual.”

— C.G. Jung

160. “Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there’s no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.”

— Brené Brown

161. “If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.”

— Viktor E. Frankl

162. “Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.”

— C.G. Jung

163. “Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.”

— Erich Fromm

164. “A mandala is the psychological expression of the totality of the self.”

— C.G. Jung

165. “Failure is information-we label it failure, but it’s more like, ‘This didn’t work, I’m a problem solver, and I’ll try something else.’”

— Carol S. Dweck

166. “Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.”

— Sigmund Freud

167. “The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing.”

— Viktor E. Frankl

168. “Recovery can only take place within the context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation.”

— Judith Lewis Herman

169. “It is hard to be happy without a life worth living. This is a fundamental tenet of DBT. Of course, all lives are worth living in reality. No life is not worth living. But what is important is that you experience your life as worth living – one that is satisfying, and one that brings happiness.”

— Marsha M. Linehan

170. “For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment.”

— Viktor E. Frankl

171. “Our culture is biased against quiet and reserved people, but introverts are responsible for some of humanity’s greatest achievements.”

— Susan Cain

172. “The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.”

— Viktor E. Frankl

173. “You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.”

— C.G. Jung

174. “You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.”

— Brené Brown

175. “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”

— C.G. Jung

176. “I am in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing.”

— Louise Hay

177. “Give your best effort, because you are worth your best effort.”

— Denis Waitley

178. “Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.”

— Dale Carnegie

179. “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.”

— Brené Brown

180. “The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the projection of our shadow onto others.”

— C.G. Jung

181. “Remember: we all get what we tolerate. So stop tolerating excuses within yourself, limiting beliefs of the past, or half-assed or fearful states.”

— Tony Robbins

182. “Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.”

— Brené Brown

183. “We are hardwired to connect with others, it’s what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.”

— Brené Brown

184. “You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

185. “Persistence is the mother of personal change.”

— Robin S. Sharma

186. “Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.”

— Sigmund Freud

187. “There is no health without mental health.”

— David Satcher

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

— Sigmund Freud

189. “Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

190. “Vulnerability is not about winning, and it’s not about losing. It’s about having the courage to show up and be seen.”

— Brené Brown

191. “When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver!”

— Brené Brown

192. “You feel good, you feel bad, and these feelings are bubbling from your own unconsciousness, from your own past. Nobody is responsible except you. Nobody can make you angry, and nobody can make you happy.”

— Osho

193. “Don’t believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that – thoughts.”

— Allan Lokos

194. “When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.”

— Brené Brown

195. “The thoughts you think today determine the results you’ll see tomorrow.”

— Robin S. Sharma

196. “Once the subconscious mind accepts an idea, it begins to execute it.”

— Joseph Murphy

197. “A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. ”

— B. F. Skinner

198. “Love and work, work and love... that’s all there is.”

— Sigmund Freud

199. “The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering.”

— C.G. Jung

200. “We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.”

— C.G. Jung