Lisa Joy Quotes

One of the best ways of understanding human nature is to study children. After all, if we want understand who we are, we should find out how we got to be that way.

I'm insatiably curious about human nature.

I taught myself German and psychology. Learning about psychology really helped me understand myself and the others around me and it helped keep me sane.

My children, who are almost two: watching them develop has made me pay much closer attention to how we become who we are.

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

I want to know who you are as a person, and then I want you to develop as a whole human being.

The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are.

I always write to understand my place in the world. I can see myself and my life unfold on the page, and I can understand my strengths, my weaknesses - I can see where I need to step up a bit.

I got married before I found myself. People should find themselves before they get married.

In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning.

When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep and most important parts of ourself.

I think most people are interested in our origins; once we understand, it might be easier to become the people we'd like to be. Or, better, become the people we think we already are.

I feel there's something about becoming a character that helps people understand themselves.

You do have to continue, as you grow as a human, checking in and going, 'Is this what I want? Am I giving away things that I don't want? Who am I and what do I want to keep doing?'

Identity is part of drama to me. Who am I, why am I behaving this way, and am I aware of it?

There is no escaping from the conclusion that nature prevails enormously over nurture.

I would like to be re-considered as a person.

It was important for me to understand who I am and where I came from. To get a hold on why I do certain things.

We're all trying to figure out on a daily basis what kind of person to be, aren't we? I am, at least.

We're all reflections of the lives we lead.

....You should keep dental floss on you at all times; when your eyesight goes, quit driving; don't keep too many secrets, eventually they'll eat away at you. But the most valuable lesson he taught me was this: Every day we get older, and some of us get wiser, but there's no end to our evolution. We are all a mess of contradictions; some of our traits work for us, some against us. And this is what I figured out on my own: Over the course of a lifetime, people change, but not as much as you'd think. Nobody really grows up.

I think when you start changing things, you're not being yourself.

I like the state of being self-aware, it's interesting when you start to look at your own habits.