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

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

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

No one … can entirely step out of his time, that despite his keenness of vision his thinking is in many ways bound to be influenced by the mentality of his time

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.

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

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