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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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:
  1. The killing of Bonnie Garland (1982)
  2. How Psychotherapy Really Works (2000)
  3. The perversion of autonomy (1996)
  4. Feeling Good and Doing Better (1984)

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