Karl Menninger Quotes

“The very word, “sin,” which seems to have disappeared, was once a proud word. It was once a strong word, an ominous and serious word. … But the word went away. It has almost disappeared — the word, along with the notion. Why? Doesn’t anyone sin anymore? Doesn’t anyone believe in sin?”

“What's done to children, they will do to society.”

“Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.”

“The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.”

“One does not fall in love; one grows into love, and love grows in him.”

“Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.”

“Mental health problems do not affect three or four out of every five persons but one out of one.”

“It is this intangible thing love in many forms which enters into every therapeutic relationship. . . . And it is an element which binds and heals which comforts and restores which works what we have to call - for now - miracles.”

“What's done to children they will do to society.”

“Generous people are rarely mentally ill people.”