We have come to see that just as the child must learn to love wisely, so he must learn to hate expeditiously, to turn destructive tendencies away from himself toward enemies that actually threaten him rather than toward the friendly and the defenseless, the more usual victims of destructive energy.

We have come to see that just as the child must learn to love wisely, so he must learn to hate expeditiously, to turn destructive tendencies away from himself toward enemies that actually threaten him rather than toward the friendly and the defenseless, the more usual victims of destructive energy.

Attitudes are much more important than facts.

To "know thyself" must mean to know the malignancy of one's own instincts and to know, as well, one's power to deflect it.

The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward, and we want to sit in their radius.

Neurotic means he is not as sensible as I am, and psychotic means he's even worse than my brother-in-law.

We need criminals to identify ourselves with, to secretly envy and to stoutly punish. They do for us the forbidden, illegal things we wish to do.