The human capacity for denial and rationalization is always shocking, but never surprising.
Quotes from Humor in Psychotherapy — David Levy
born 1954 United States
19 quotes
There are three things needed to eliminate human misery. Unfortunately, nobody knows what they are.
To be neurotic is to spend one’s life perpetually replacing one worry with the next.
Don’t worry, there will always be something to worry about.
To the optimist, pessimists are neurotic; to the pessimist, optimists are deluded.
Nowadays, the absence of catastrophic news is great news.
Winning isn’t as fun as losing is miserable.
I used to fear that taking medication would change my personality; now I fear that it won’t.
When it’s bad, I get depressed; when it’s good, I get nervous.
Things could always be worse. In fact, the overwhelming odds are that they will be.
I would do anything to keep indulging...including quitting indulging.
Facts are like kryptonite to teenagers.
All’s well that changes least.
It always is...until it's not.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: David Levy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.