Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency. Had I not been a therapist, I would have been an efficiency expert.

People and things do not upset us. Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us.

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

You mainly feel the way you think.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.

If you would stop, really stop, damning yourself, others, and unkind conditions, you would find it almost impossible to upset yourself emotionally - about anything. Yes, anything.

By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.

Stop shoulding on yourself

Neurosis is just a high-class word for whining.

The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.

The trouble with most therapy is that it helps you feel better. But you don't get better. You have to back it up with action, action, action.

For by this very fact, individuals confirm the system, fulfill the system, make the system, are the system.

Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event.

True heroism is not reserved solely for men and women in uniform. Heroes come from all walks of lifestyles.

An investment in education always pays the highest returns.

An interesting thing about New York City is that the subways run through the sewers.

There can be no unified southeastern Europe without Yugoslavia, and everything else is a continuation of political blackmail with which the Serb people and Yugoslavia were faced all these years.

Let other people finish their sentences when they’re talking.

Innovation comes only from readily and seamlessly sharing information rather than hoarding it.

'If only' is the excuse of the loser; 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.

The Olympics is the biggest competition for all athletes and an unforgettable event.