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

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.

I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another.

Does a being who requires meaning find meaning in a universe that has no meaning?

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

Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97)

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.