The goal of the human soul is conquest, perfection, security, superiority.

To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge for conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation.

If you wish to educate a child who has gone wrong, then you must, above all, keep your attention fixed on the intersection of two charmed circles.

The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and relationship to sex.

Violence as a way of gaining power... is being camouflaged under the guise of tradition, national honor [and] national security.

In this case, the neurotic resembles a human being who looks up to God, commends himself to His ways, and then religiously awaits how the Lord will guide him; he is nailed to the cross of his fiction.

Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself.