We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed.