Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view of men.

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

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

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 the work of the masculine tendency to lower women's self-respect.

Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

Let me say to begin with: It is not neurotic to have conflict ... Conflicts within ourselves are an integral part of human life.

We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.

Because it corresponds to a vital need, love is overvalued in our culture. It becomes a phantom - like success - carrying with it the illusion that it is a solution for all problems.

(I. F. Stone had once called it an exciting paper to read because you never knew on what page you would find a page-one story),

Thoughts are just moving through consciousness. They have no power. Nothing has reality until you reach it, grab it, and somehow impregnate it with the power of belief.

And of course the things that get the most attention online tend to be similar to those that succeeded under the old model.

As for the dispute about solitude and society, any comparison is impertinent. It is an idling down on the plane at the base of a mountain, instead of climbing steadily to its top.

Too much of whatever is dangerous.

They were seeking out the treasure of their destiny, without actually wanting to live out their destiny.

You don't want to get to the end of life's journey and discover you never left the interstate.

Being able to choose the skin I live in was the draw of fashion.

Set me like a seal upon thy heart, love is as strong as death.