“Neurotic means he is not as sensible as I am and psychotic means he's even worse than my brother-in-law.”

“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?”

“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.”

“Neurotic means he is not as sensible as I am and psychotic means he's even worse than my brother-in-law.”

“The adjuration to be "normal" seems shockingly repellent to me; I see neither hope nor comfort in sinking to that low level. I think it is ignorance that makes people think of abnormality only with horror and allows them to remain undismayed at the proximity of "normal" to average and mediocre. For surely anyone who achieves anything is, a priori, abnormal.”

“Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing other people a favor and vice versa.”

“Hope is an adventure a going forward a confident search for a rewarding life.”

“Fears are educated into us and can if we wish be educated out.”