Karen Horney Quotes

Miracles Occur In Psychoanalysis As Seldom As Anywhere Else.

Is Not The Tremendous Strength In Men Of The Impulse To Creative Work In Every Field Precisely Due To Their Feeling Of Playing A Relatively Small Part In The Creation Of Living Beings, Which Constantly Impels Them To An Overcompensation In Achievement?

Life As A Therapist Is Ruthless; Circumstances That Are Helpful To One Neurotic May Crush Another.

Through The Eclipse Of Large Areas Of The Self, By Repression And Inhibition As Well As By Idealization And Externalization, The Individual Loses Sight Of Himself; He Feels, If He Does Not Actually Become, Like A Shadow Without Weight And Substance.

There Is No Such Thing As A Normal Psychology That Holds For All People.

It Would Not Be Going Too Far To Assert That ... Conflict Confronts Every Woman Who Ventures Upon A Career Of Her Own And Who Is ... Unwilling To Pay For Her Daring With The Renunciation Of Her Femininity.

No One … Can Entirely Step Out Of His Time, That Despite His Keenness Of Vision His Thinking Is In Many Ways Bound To Be Influenced By The Mentality Of His Time

The Conception Of What Is Normal Varies Not Only With The Culture But Also Within The Same Culture, In The Course Of Time.

The Idea Of A Finished Human Product Not Only Appears Presumptuous But Even, In My Opinion, Lacks Any Strong Appeal. Life Is Struggle And Striving, Development And Growth - And Analysis Is One Of The Means That Can Help In This Process. Certainly Its Positive Accomplishments Are Important, But Also The Striving Itself Is Of Intrinsic Value.

There's Still Such Chaos In Me. Still So Little Firmly Outlined. Just Like My Face: A Formless Mass That Only Takes On Shape Through The Expression Of The Moment. The Searching For Our Selves Is The Most Agonizing

The Perfect Normal Person Is Rare In Our Civilization.

[neurotics Are] Torn By Inner Conflicts ... Every Neurotic ... Is At War With Himself.