So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter. Gordon W. Allport Read Quote
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. Gordon W. Allport Read Quote
Each person is an idiom unto himself, an apparent violation of the syntax of the species. Gordon W. Allport Read Quote
A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it. Gordon W. Allport Read Quote
Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part. Gordon W. Allport Read Quote
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. From adolescence onward, however, the surest clue to personality is the hierarchy of interests, including the loves and loyalties of adult life. Gordon W. Allport Read Quote
Personality is less a finished product than a transitive process. While it has some stable features, it is at the same time continually undergoing change. Gordon W. Allport Read Quote
Self-love, it is obvious, remains always positive and active in our natures. Gordon W. Allport Read Quote
