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.

Life as a therapist is ruthless; circumstances that are helpful to one neurotic may crush another.

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

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

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

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