The neurotic is always half-drowning in anxiety, and always being half-rescued.

We climb mountains because they are there, and worship God because He is not.

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.

The neurotic longs to touch bottom, so at least he won't have that to worry about anymore.

A woman's mink coat represents the sacrifice of a lot of little animals, including her husband.

The neurotic would like to trust his analyst - if only because he's paying him so much money. But he can't - because if the analyst really cared, he'd be doing it for nothing.

If only we could be old and sick while we're still young and healthy enough to put up with it!