John Money Quotes

I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don't know.

I used to be and I still am into psychology. I would like to be able to pursue something like that, but I don't know. The older I've gotten, the more endearing this business has become and I can't really imagine leaving it.

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.

I just think I'm better equipped to make a study of human personality than trying to get into the mind of animals.

One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.

My fascination is not for cinema; it's for human nature and human beings because I find it quite difficult being one at times.

I think I really like psychology because my job is all about getting inside another person's mind and thoughts.

I think psychology and self-reflection is one of the major catastrophes of the twentieth century.

My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.

I'm insatiably curious about human nature.

I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.

I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.

I'd always been interested in psychology.

I'm drawn to the psychology of really interesting, flawed people.

It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature.

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

There's not a day that goes by that I don't draw on my undergraduate background in psychology.

I just want to live each moment, but it's kind of hard to do that when you are asked to analyze yourself constantly. But it's also good in that you are forced to think about things that you don't ordinarily think about. I think it's strange.

I'm not crazy. But I am different. I'm still learning about myself.

A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. What do you really feel? And, what do you really want? If you can answer those two, you probably can leave your neuroses behind you.

There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography.

I've been in therapy. I know enough about myself now to know that I really don't need to know anymore.

I try to find what is closest to me in the character. There's many sides to personality, but it's a matter of, do you entertain those specific areas of your personality, or are you afraid to entertain them?

A lot of what I've been learning in the last two years is due to therapy - about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven't worked. It isn't anything to do with anybody else; it's to do with me.

There's so much of our psychological makeup which is impermissible for us to explore because it's inappropriate or perverse or scary. I'm interested in exploring that in myself. I try to be honest with myself about everything that I feel. I'm not saying I'm able to do that all the time, but it's something I'm interested in.