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

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

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

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

miracles occur in psychoanalysis as seldom as anywhere else.

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