Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

There's still such chaos in me. Still so little firmly outlined. Just like my face: a formless mass that only takes on shape through the expression of the moment. The searching for our selves is the most agonizing

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.

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.

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

The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.

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