Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of playing a relatively small part in the creation of living beings, which constantly impels them to an overcompensation in achievement?

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

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

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

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

[Neurotics are] torn by inner conflicts ... Every neurotic ... is at war with himself.

Because it corresponds to a vital need, love is overvalued in our culture. It becomes a phantom - like success - carrying with it the illusion that it is a solution for all problems.