a normal human being ... does not exist.

To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.

If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride

miracles occur in psychoanalysis as seldom as anywhere else.

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of playing a relatively small part in the creation of living beings, which constantly impels them to an overcompensation in achievement?

Basic 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.