After all, the ultimate goal of all research is not objectivity, but truth.

that person is lonely who has no one for whom he or she is Number One.

It is interesting to note that in every phase of life feminine masochism finds some form of expression.

only a thin partition separates the psychically normal from the diseased.

Adolescence is the period of the decisive last battle fought before maturity. The ego must achieve independence, the old emotional ties must be cast off, the new ones created.

[a] heavy sense of guilt [is] the most potent factor in the whole psychologic picture of motherliness.

for many people traveling can have deep psychological meaning.

The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself; that is not what I meant by freedom, it is only social progress.

All observations point to the fact that the intellectual woman is masculinized; in her, warm, intuitive knowledge has yielded to cold unproductive thinking.

The very fact that the youthful soul feels insecure strengthens its active aspiration to master its insecurity.

All the best human impulses can be traced back to adolescence.

At the temple there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read loss, only feel it.

You build walls to fortify your heart, and blame on others for your loneliness.

Loneliness is a state when you have not yet grown to love yourself enough.

Most men, however brave, have some anxiety or fear in them.

It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability.

When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.

Apothegms are in history, the same as pearls in the sand, or gold in the mine.

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.

Thought control, like birth control, is best undertaken as long as possible before the fact.

One of the primary reasons why people struggle financially is because they cannot control their emotion of fear.