Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

The most comprehensive formulation of therapeutic goals is the striving for wholeheartedness: to be without pretense, to be emotionally sincere, to be able to put the whole of oneself into one's feelings, one's work, one's beliefs.

To search for truth about self is as valuable as to search for truth in other areas of life.

Through the eclipse of large areas of the self, by repression and inhibition as well as by idealization and externalization, the individual loses sight of himself; he feels, if he does not actually become, like a shadow without weight and substance.

the idea of a finished human product not only appears presumptuous but even, in my opinion, lacks any strong appeal. Life is struggle and striving, development and growth - and analysis is one of the means that can help in this process. Certainly its positive accomplishments are important, but also the striving itself is of intrinsic value.

We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.

The conception of what is normal varies not only with the culture but also within the same culture, in the course of time.