Don't ask why the patient is the way he is, ask for what he would change.

You don't take insults. You leave them with the insulter.

Each person is a unique individual. Hence, psychotherapy should be formulated to meet the uniqueness of the individual's needs, rather than tailoring the person to fit the Procrustean bed of a hypothetical theory of human behavior.

There are so many things in human living that we should regard not as traumatic learning but as incomplete learning, unfinished learning.

Every person's map of the world is as unique as their thumbprint.There are no two people alike. No two people who understand the same sentence the same way... So in dealing with people, you try not to fit them to your concept of what they should be.

Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy.

You can't learn to swim on a piano bench.