Willard Gaylin Quotes

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To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater distortion than ignoring the unconscious completely.

Willard Gaylin

A man may not always be what he appears to be, but what he appears to be is always a significant part of what he is.

Willard Gaylin

A street thug and a paid killer are professionals - beasts of prey, if you will, who have dissociated themselves from the rest of humanity and can now see human beings in the same way that trout fishermen see trout.

Willard Gaylin

The larger office, the corner space, the extra window are the teddy bears and tricycles of adult office life

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Feelings are the fine instruments which shape decision-making in an animal cursed and blessed with intelligence, and the freedom which is its corollary. They are signals directing us toward goodness, safety, pleasure, and group survival.

Willard Gaylin

Jealousy, which serves the struggle for survival, can deteriorate into the envy which draws defeat even from victory.

Willard Gaylin

Willard Gaylin

Willard Gaylin

Born: February 23, 1925

Died: December 30, 2022 (aged 97)

Bio: Willard Marvin Gaylin was an American bioethicist and physician who served as clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was also the co-founder, along with Daniel Callahan, of The Hastings Center, an independent research institute focused on bioethics.

Known for:

The killing of Bonnie Garland (1982)
How Psychotherapy Really Works (2000)
The perversion of autonomy (1996)
Feeling Good and Doing Better (1984)

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