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If the ego is inflated it must be gradually deflated.

We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who acts without feeling.

Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance.

Because we are afraid of life, we seek to control or master it.

Not to fear a person with power
to profess, instead, one's love
is to deny that that person has power.

Contact with reality is not an all-or-nothing condition.

I would describe a hero as a person who has no fear of life, who can face life squarely.

The path to joy leads through despair.

Sexuality is not a leisure or part-time activity. It is a way of being.

A person does not choose his or her fate; he or she only fulfills it. We are bound by our fate as long as we accept the values that determine it.

The feeling of love is a rich feeling, but the expression of love in word or deed is a joy.

Everyone who becomes a psychotherapist eventually adopts a theory that suits his needs.

Without awareness of bodily feeling and attitude, a person becomes split into a disembodied spirit and a disenchanted body.

To sell out the kingdom of heaven for power is a devil's bargain. It is the bargain that the narcissist makes.

You will stay in therapy as long as you feel it is worth the time, effort and money you invest.

Mabel Elsworth Todd,The Thinking Body,

No one is exempt from the rule that learning occurs through recognition of error.

Love is the feeling that emanates from the heart and extends through the blood to every cell of the body.