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

Let me say to begin with: It is not neurotic to have conflict ... Conflicts within ourselves are an integral part of human life.

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.

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

a normal human being ... does not exist.

Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

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