The specific goals we set for ourselves are almost always subsidiary to our long range intentions.
GORDON ALLPORTEach person is an idiom unto himself, an apparent violation of the syntax of the species.
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We cannot know the young child’s personality by studying his systems of interest, for his attention is as yet too labile, his reactions impulsive, and interests unformed.
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Extreme bigots are almost always super-patriots.
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The scientist, by the very nature of his commitment, creates more and more questions, never fewer.
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Many studies have discovered a close link between prejudice and “patriotism” . . .
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And sometimes no amount of punishment can make us repudiate our loyalty.
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It is not that we have class prejudice, but only that we find comfort and ease in our own class. And normally there are plenty of people of our own class, or race, or religion to play, live, and eat with, and to marry.
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Prejudgments become prejudices only if they are not reversible when exposed to new knowledge.
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If there is a purpose in life at all, there must be a purpose in suffering and in dying. But no man can tell another what this purpose is.
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It takes a major unhappiness, a prolonged and bitter experience, to drive us away from loyalties once formed.
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But there are innumerable instances in human life where a single association, never reinforced, results in the establishment of a life-long dynamic system.
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Personality is and does something…It is what lies behind specific acts and within the individual
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Prejudgments become prejudices only if they are reversible when exposed to new knowledge.
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Open-mindedness is considered to be a virtue. But, strictly speaking, it cannot occur.
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Love received and love given comprise the best form of therapy.
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From adolescence onward, however, the surest clue to personality is the hierarchy of interests, including the loves and loyalties of adult life.
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