The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.

Live right, he reminded himself, and have faith that good things will flow from you even if you never learn of them.

The path to decision may be hard because it leads into the territory of both finiteness and groundlessness—domains soaked in anxiety.

If I'm among men who don't agree at all with my nature, I will hardly be able to accommodate myself to them without greatly changing myself. A free man who lives among the ignorant strives as far as he can to avoid their favors. A free man acts honestly, not deceptively. Only free man are genuinely useful to one another and can form true friendships. And it's absolutely permissible, by the highest right of Nature, for everyone to employ clear reason to determine how to live in a way that will allow him to flourish.

Psychiatry is a strange field because, unlike any other field of medicine, you never really finish. Your greatest instrument is you, yourself, and the work of self-understanding is endless. I'm still learning.

... sooner or later she had to give up the hope for a better past.

If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.