Life as a therapist is ruthless; circumstances that are helpful to one neurotic may crush another.
- Karen Horney
More Quotes By Karen Horney
- Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.
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- Let me say to begin with: It is not neurotic to have conflict … Conflicts within ourselves are...
- [Neurotics are] torn by inner conflicts … Every neurotic … is at war with himself.
- To search for truth about self is as valuable as to search for truth in other areas of...
- There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live.
- If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride
- To experience conflicts knowingly, though it may be distressing, can be an invaluable asset. The more we face...
- a normal human being … does not exist.
- The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is...
- Basic anxiety can be roughly described as a feeling of being small, insignificant, helpless, deserted or endangered in...
- The most comprehensive formulation of therapeutic goals is the striving for wholeheartedness: to be without pretense, to be...
- Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.
- We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and...
- Because it corresponds to a vital need, love is overvalued in our culture. It becomes a phantom –...
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