“It is naturally a sign of inner liberation when a patient can squarely recognize his difficulties and take them with a grain of humor. But some patients at the beginning of analysis make incessant jokes about themselves, or exaggerate their difficulties in so dramatic a way that they will appear funny, while they are at the same time absurdly sensitive to any criticism. In these instances humor is used to take the sting out of an otherwise unbearable shame.”

“Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.”

“Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.”

“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 good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live.”

“The most comprehensive formulation of therapeutic goals is the striving for wholeheartedness: to be without pretense to be emotionally sincere to be able to put the whole of oneself into one's feelings one's work one's beliefs.”

“Concern should drive us into action not into a depression.”

“There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live.”

“A perfectly normal person is rare in our civilization.”

“To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.”

“For the analyst it is a source of never-ending astonishment how comparatively well a person can function with the core of himself not participating.”