Through the eclipse of large areas of the self, by repression and inhibition as well as by idealization and externalization, the individual loses sight of himself; he feels, if he does not actually become, like a shadow without weight and substance.

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

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

a normal human being ... does not exist.

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

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

miracles occur in psychoanalysis as seldom as anywhere else.