The commandment to refrain from placing blame on our parents, deeply imprinted in us by our upbringing, skillfully performs the function of hiding essential truths from us.

For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath.

I have never known a patient to portray his parents more negatively than he actually experienced them in childhood but always more positively--because idealization of his parents was essential for his survival.

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

Disrespect is the weapon of the weak

Courage can be just as infectious as fear.

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.