Marriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave the spirit.

Life as a therapist is a life of service in which we daily transcend our personal wishes and turn our gaze toward the needs and growth of the other. We take pleasure not only in the growth of our patient but also in the ripple effect—the salutary influence our patients have upon those whom they touch in life.

Mature love is loving, not being loved.

Living safely is dangerous.

Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.

If we look at life in its small details, how ridiculous it all seems. It is like a drop of water seen through a microscope, a single drop teeming with protozoa. How we laugh as they bustle about so eagerly and struggle with one another. Whether here, or in the little span of human life, this terrible activity produces a comic effect

To the extent that one is responsible for one's life, one is alone.