We often pray to be better, when in truth we only want to feel better.

There are whole years for which I hope I'll never be cross-examined, for I could not give an alibi.

Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.

The neurotic lies awake at night, composing letters to those he hates. He seldom thinks of dropping a line to those he loves.

Confession is good for the conscience, but it usually bypasses the soul.

Humiliation is a vast country of imprecise boundaries. If you think you're there, you are. The neurotic rule: when in doubt, go ahead and feel humiliated.

We have a terror of seeming to exert ourselves, lest it be noticed that we exerted ourselves and did not succeed.