Occupation: Psychoanalyst Birth: September 16, 1885 Death: December 4, 1952
To search for truth about self is as valuable as to search for truth in other areas of life..
Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view of men..
Life itself still remains a very effective therapist..
[Neurotics are] torn by inner conflicts ... Every neurotic ... is at war with himself..
If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride.
The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization..
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 ….
There is no such thing as a normal psychology that holds for all people..
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 ….
the idea of a finished human product not only appears presumptuous but even, in my opinion, lacks any strong appeal. Life is struggle and striving, d….
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….
Let me say to begin with: It is not neurotic to have conflict ... Conflicts within ourselves are an integral part of human life..
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, ….
Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist..
The most comprehensive formulation of therapeutic goals is the striving for wholeheartedness: to be without pretense, to be emotionally sincere, to b….
The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work of the masculine ten….
a normal human being ... does not exist..
If I couldn't be pretty, I decided I would be smart..
The conception of what is normal varies not only with the culture but also within the same culture, in the course of time..
Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning..
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….