The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work of the masculine tendency to lower women's self-respect.
Karen HorneyTo find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.
Karen HorneyWe may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.
Karen HorneyBasic anxiety can be roughly described as a feeling of being small, insignificant, helpless, deserted or endangered in a world that is out to abuse, cheat, humiliate, betray, envy... . And special in this is the child's feeling that the parents' love, their Christian charity, honesty, generosity ... may be only a pretense.
Karen Horney