Occupation: Psychoanalyst Birth: September 16, 1885 Death: December 4, 1952
Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view of men..
There is no such thing as a normal psychology that holds for all people..
The conception of what is normal varies not only with the culture but also within the same culture, in the course of time..
Because it corresponds to a vital need, love is overvalued in our culture. It becomes a phantom - like success - carrying with it the illusion that i….
Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning..
Let me say to begin with: It is not neurotic to have conflict ... Conflicts within ourselves are an integral part of human life..
The most comprehensive formulation of therapeutic goals is the striving for wholeheartedness: to be without pretense, to be emotionally sincere, to b….
There's still such chaos in me. Still so little firmly outlined. Just like my face: a formless mass that only takes on shape through the expression o….
Basic anxiety can be roughly described as a feeling of being small, insignificant, helpless, deserted or endangered in a world that is out to abuse, ….
There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live..
The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work of the masculine ten….
If I couldn't be pretty, I decided I would be smart..
We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression..
Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist..
a normal human being ... does not exist..
If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride.
Life itself still remains a very effective therapist..
To search for truth about self is as valuable as to search for truth in other areas of life..
To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown..
That many-faceted thing called love succeeds in building bridges from the loneliness on this shore to the loneliness on the other one. These bridges ….
No one … can entirely step out of his time, that despite his keenness of vision his thinking is in many ways bound to be influenced by the mentality ….