Author: Gordon W. Allport

Quotes

Scarcely anyone ever wants to be anybody else. However handicapped or unhappy he feels himself, he would not change places with other more fortunate mortals.

Scarcely anyone ever wants to be anybody else. However handicapped or unhappy he feels himself, he would not change places with other more fortunate mortals.

- Gordon W. Allport

Self-love, it is obvious, remains always positive and active in our natures.

Self-love, it is obvious, remains always positive and active in our natures.

- Gordon W. Allport

The surest way to lose truth is to pretend that one already wholly possesses it.

The surest way to lose truth is to pretend that one already wholly possesses it.

- Gordon W. Allport

So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.

So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.

- Gordon W. Allport

As partisans of our own way of life, we cannot help thinking in a partisan manner.

As partisans of our own way of life, we cannot help thinking in a partisan manner.

- Gordon W. Allport

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