These quotes come from psychologists, philosophers, writers, and thinkers who’ve influenced the field

On Perception & Reality: psge-01

51. "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." – Anaïs Nin

52. "Perception is reality." – Lee Atwater

53. "What we see depends mainly on what we look for." – John Lubbock

54. "Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind." – Plato

55. "People tend to see what they are looking for." – Haruki Murakami

56. "Your assumptions are your windows on the world." – Isaac Asimov

57. "The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend." – Robertson Davies

58. "The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." – William James

59. "Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it." – Charles R. Swindoll

60. "Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world." – Arthur Schopenhauer

On Relationships & Connection: Page-02

61. "We are born in relationship, we are wounded in relationship, and we can be healed in relationship." – Harville Hendrix

62. "Connection is why we’re here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives." – Brené Brown

63. "Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty." – Mother Teresa

64. "People will forget what you said, forget what you did, but never forget how you made them feel." – Maya Angelou

65. "The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others." – Erik Erikson

66. "Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experiences." – Brené Brown

67. "Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself." – Mohsin Hamid

68. "Listening is often the only thing needed to help someone." – Unknown

69. "Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable." – David W. Augsburger

70. "Trust is built in very small moments." – Brené Brown

On Cognitive Psychology & Thinking:

71. "Cognition is the mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses." – APA

72. "You become what you think about." – Earl Nightingale

73. "The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives." – Louise Hay

74. "A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes." – Mahatma Gandhi

75. "The mind is everything. Control it and you control your life." – Unknown

76. "Cognitive distortions are the lies your brain tells you." – David D. Burns

77. "The more we use the brain, the more it grows." – George A. Dorsey

78. "Your brain is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change." – Unknown

79. "What consumes your mind, controls your life." – Unknown

80. "You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind." – Joyce Meyer

On Learning, Memory & Habits:

81. "Learning never exhausts the mind." – Leonardo da Vinci

82. "Memory is the diary we all carry about with us." – Oscar Wilde

83. "The best way to predict your future is to create it." – Peter Drucker

84. "A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs one step at a time." – Mark Twain

85. "We are what we repeatedly do." – Aristotle

86. "You learn something every day if you pay attention." – Ray LeBlond

87. "The mind once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

88. "Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere." – Chinese Proverb

89. "Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you." – Frank Crane

90. "Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment." – Zig Ziglar

Miscellaneous & Inspirational:

91. "The good life is a process, not a state of being." – Carl Rogers

92. "Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." – J.K. Rowling

93. "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." – Oscar Wilde

94. "The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well." – Alfred Adler

95. "Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength." – Sigmund Freud

96. "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood." – Marie Curie

97. "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple." – Dr. Seuss

98. "You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it." – Robin Williams

99. "The greatest weapon anyone can use against you is your own mind." – Unknown

100. "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." – Carl Jung