I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.

Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.

If you treat your children at home in the same way you treat your animals in the lab, your wife will scratch your eyes out. My wife ferociously warned me against experimenting on her babies.

We crave and fear becoming truly ourselves

It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.

The study of crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy

Quitting smoking can be a very good test of ones character. Pass the test and you will have accomplished so much more than just get rid of one bad habit