[On Jung's theory of psychological types:] My mother, Katharine C. Briggs, introduced it into our family and made it a part of our lives. She and I w…

- Isabel Briggs Myers

By developing individual strengths, guarding against weaknesses, and appreciating the strengths of other types, life will be more amusing, more inter…

- Isabel Briggs Myers

In teaching, the other main problem related to type is the students’ interest. Intuitives and sensing types differ greatly in what they find interest…

- Isabel Briggs Myers

ISTPs have a vested interest in practical and applied science, especially in the field of mechanics.

- Isabel Briggs Myers

... much seemingly chance variation in human behavior is not due to chance; it is in fact the logical result of a few basic, observable differences i…

- Isabel Briggs Myers

Extraverts ... cannot understand life until they have lived it. Introverts ... cannot live life until they understand it.

- Isabel Briggs Myers

Introverted feeling types have a wealth of warmth and enthusiasm, but they may not show it until they know someone well. They wear their warm side in…

- Isabel Briggs Myers

You psychologists focus on what is wrong with people; I want to focus on what is right and what could be right.

- Isabel Briggs Myers

Conventional measures of mental ability, such as intelligence tests and scholarship, show some of the very highest records belong to INFP and INFJ ty…

- Isabel Briggs Myers