That many-faceted thing called love succeeds in building bridges from the loneliness on this shore to the loneliness on the other one. These bridges can be of great beauty, but they are rarely built for eternity, and frequently they cannot tolerate too heavy a burden without collapsing.

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

Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

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

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

miracles occur in psychoanalysis as seldom as anywhere else.