‘Social Skills’ at Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life

Laughter actually triggers beneficial physical changes in the body, strenthening the immune system by decreasing hormones that compound stress and increasing the presence of antibodies that fight infections.

Human beings have one amazing power, but one power only — the power of choice.

A person always loses power when they fail to set and enforce reasonable limits.

When it comes to relationships with aggressive personalities, you can never give the green light to the conductor of a locomotive that has no brakes.

Neurotics hate to think of themselves as the injuring party and would rather carry the burden of abuse than see themselves as an abuser. Disturbed characters know this well. So, when they want to take advantage, a good one-two punch is to play the victim and then vilify the real victim.