Robin Skynner

The pilot of the Royal Air Force, therapist and innovator in the treatment of mental illness

Grow in a really healthy family - that's real success out of luck.More Robin Skynner quotes [09/18/2016 02:09:21]

To walk, we have to lean forward, lose our balance and begin to fall. We let go constantly of the previous stability, falling all the time, trusting that we will find a succession of new stabilities with each step.More Robin Skynner quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

The healthier people are, the more they are willing to admit to their limitations and so the more open they are to the possibility of improvement.More Robin Skynner quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Anyone who feels that they're in some way plugged into a meaningful, cosmic system is given a greater psychological balance as a result-whether or not they believe it contains a god-like figure at the control panels. Lots of people have this beneficial sense of being plugged into something bigger, even if they're not religious in the going-to-church-regularly sense.More Robin Skynner quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Quotes of the month

"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

When the Chinese told Google that they had to block sites or they couldn't do [business] in their country, they managed to figure out how to block sites. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

It is a principle that the right to a thing gives a right to the means without which it could not be used, that is to say, that the means follow their end. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

The war is relentless: it puts the alternative in a ruthless relief. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More

Anyone is capable of anything (will plus belief is ability) if they themselves create the opportune moment and incentive. Heaven gives no genius to disbelievers and no vengeance worse than the body denied. [03/29/2018 05:03:36] More