Gordon Allport

"The mature person is one who can look at life with a sense of humor."

"Morality becomes hypocrisy if it concerns itself only with other people's private affairs."

"An individual can make a difference only if he can make contact with others."

"Respect for the individual is a basic requirement for peace."

"We are not born with a fully formed personality; we create it through our choices."

"The love of people and the love of truth cannot be separated."

"Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties."

"The ultimate value in life is the development of your own personality."

"Loyalty to a person is not the same as loyalty to the truth."

"Prejudice is too often a shield for our own insecurities."

"The scientist must maintain the freedom to pursue truth wherever it leads."

"Words have tremendous power to shape our perceptions and our reality."

"We become more humane as we learn to see the humanity in others."

"The democratic spirit requires that we listen to those with whom we disagree."

"Self-understanding is the prerequisite for understanding others."

"The greatest freedom is freedom from fear itself."

"Maturity involves the ability to delay gratification."

"Our religious and moral traditions are only meaningful if they inspire compassionate action."

"The study of personality reveals the fundamental unity of humanity."

"Creative thinking breaks the chains of conventional wisdom."

"To understand another person is to expand your own consciousness."

"The capacity for hope is what separates the living from the merely surviving."

"We often become what we pretend to be."

"Individuality and conformity must be balanced in a healthy society."

"The measure of a civilization is how it treats its most vulnerable members."

"Language shapes the limits and possibilities of our thought."

"A person without a sense of purpose is a ship without a rudder."

"The roots of prejudice often lie in fear of the unknown."

"Forgiveness is not weakness; it is the strength to release resentment."

"Our personality is both gift and responsibility."