Suffering brings the patient to us...the patient needs to feel heard and seen-that is, met, by another person.

The first goal is for the clinician to find the patient, and the patient to find the clinician, as both are required for a real alliance.

Having listened to people for a long time, I believe many of us should be thankful not to be shot.

Above all, the clinician must not shake what little faith the patient has in himself.

The slow compromise, or even surrender, of our fondest hopes is a regular feature of normal human life.

Of course they fought as lovers must do to find a liveable space.

Today many medications act across diagnostic groups. Alliance effects also transcend specific psychotherapy methods. Both may be affecting profound psychopathological processes.

Many patients cannot hear until they feel heard.

An argument can be made that relationship building is the treatment.

Failing is easy, but climbing up the mountain requires strategy, commitment, endurance, and the iron will to keep trying till you reach the summit.

Confucianism is all about tempering your instincts with intellectual discipline, with book learning.

Salutations; it's just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning

Ripe old age, cheerful, useful, and understanding, is one of the finest influences in the world.

I AM a male chauvinist. Who's been saying otherwise?

It is folly to seek the approbation of any being besides the Supreme.

I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.

Let the music diffuse all the tension.

I push my own limits every day, every moment - in the studio, on the stage and beyond so it's truly a genuine fit.

A lot of people tend to think I'm a dogmatic ideologue, which I'm not.