Says the rude child: "No, I won't do it." Says the courteous grown-up: "Yes, I won't do it.
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.
Neurotics dream of a good life, or a great suicide note.
We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.
If you have to do it every day, for God's sake learn to do it well.
The neurotic believes that life has meaning, but that his life hasn't.