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Gordon W. Allport quotes: The surest way to lose truth is to pretend that one already wholly possesses it.

The surest way to lose truth is to pretend that one already wholly possesses it.

Gordon W. Allport quotes: Love received and love given comprise the best form of therapy.

Love received and love given comprise the best form of therapy.

Gordon W. Allport quotes: No corner of the world is free from group scorn.

No corner of the world is free from group scorn.

Gordon W. Allport quotes: Self-love, it is obvious, remains always positive and active in our natures.

Self-love, it is obvious, remains always positive and active in our natures.

Gordon W. Allport quotes: What is familiar tends to become a value.

What is familiar tends to become a value.

Gordon W. Allport quotes: Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub.

Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub.

Gordon W. Allport quotes: Each person is an idiom unto himself, an apparent violation of the syntax of the species.

Each person is an idiom unto himself, an apparent violation of the syntax of the species.

Gordon W. Allport quotes: Philosophically speaking, values are the termini of our intentions. We never fully achieve them.

Philosophically speaking, values are the termini of our intentions. We never fully achieve them.

Gordon W. Allport quotes: Dogmatism makes for scientific anemia.

Dogmatism makes for scientific anemia.

Gordon W. Allport quotes: So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.

So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.

Gordon W. Allport quotes: As partisans of our own way of life, we cannot help thinking in a partisan manner.

As partisans of our own way of life, we cannot help thinking in a partisan manner.

Gordon W. Allport quotes: A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it.

A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it.

Gordon W. Allport quotes: People it seems, are busy leading their lives into the future, whereas psychology, for the most part, is busy tracing them into the past.

People it seems, are busy leading their lives into the future, whereas psychology, for the most part, is busy tracing them into the past.