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.

People repeat in adult life emotions they experience in childhood. Many of the people whom I spent the last 30 or 40 years treating at so much per minute wouldn't have needed any treatment at all if they had had the right care as children.

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

Mental health problems do not affect three or four out of every five persons, but one out of one.

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

Love is a medicine for the sickness of the world; a prescription often given, too rarely taken.

Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.