We're seldom drawn to a character we admire; only to a personality we like.

If you see in your children most of your own faults, you have failed as a parent, but succeeded as a neurotic.

The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.

Beauty often fades, but seldom so swiftly as the joy it gives us.

After he has had his tantrum, the neurotic expects those around him to feel friendly and relaxed; after all, he does.

The two main hazards of psychoanalysis: that it might fail, and that if it succeeds, you'll never be able to forgive yourself for all those wasted years.

There's something in every atheist, itching to believe, and something in every believer, itching to doubt.