"If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride"
- Karen Horney
"The fact that compulsive drives for success will arise only in a competitive culture does not make them any less neurotic."
"Also the natural sexual functions of establishing an intimate human contact frequently assume greater proportions. This is a well known fact about detached people for whom sexuality may be the only br..."
"To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown."
"A perfectly normal person is rare in our civilization."
"There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live."
"The declining of responsibility for the self can also be hidden behind a pseudo-objectivity. A patient may make astute observations about himself and give a fairly accurate report of what he dislikes ..."
"The tenacity with which the neurotic adheres to any attitude is a sure indication that the attitude fulfills functions which seem indispensable in the framework of his neurosis."
"The pride in intellect, or rather in the supremacy of the mind, is not restricted to those engaged in intellectual pursuits but is a regular occurrence in all neurosis."
"Whether we forget something we are not proud of, or embellish it, or blame somebody else, we want to save face by not owning up to shortcomings."