Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

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.

There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live.

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

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

If I couldn't be pretty, I decided I would be smart.

Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view of men.