Horney Quotes
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I teach them correct principles and they govern themselves.
— Joseph Smith Jr.
You're a classic case of Horney's: the man who comforts himself not with what he achieves, but with what he dreams of achieving.
— Luke Rhinehart
Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is not matched by desire from within.
— Dawson Trotman
Life as a therapist is ruthless; circumstances that are helpful to one neurotic may crush another.
— Karen Horney
The conception of what is normal varies not only with the culture but also within the same culture, in the course of time.
— Karen Horney
A perfectly normal person is rare in our civilization.
— Karen Horney
Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view of men.
— Karen Horney
The searching for our selves is the most agonizing, isn't it? - and yet the most stimulating - and one simply cannot escape it.
— Karen Horney
To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.
— Karen Horney
To search for truth about self is as valuable as to search for truth in other areas of life.
— Karen Horney
Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.
— Karen Horney
Why is it so unutterably beneficial, the thought that someone besides myself knows me?
— Karen Horney
For life is about the adventure gained in the effort, not just the reward.
— Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson
A normal human being ... does not exist.
— Karen Horney
Gesualdo was very important to me, I wanted to do something which corresponded to him.
— Gyorgy Ligeti
The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men.
— Karen Horney
[Neurotics are] torn by inner conflicts ... Every neurotic ... is at war with himself.
— Karen Horney
There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live.
— Karen Horney
Until I feel strong enough to pray sincerely and to act accordingly, I would rather not pray at all.
— Karen Horney
We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.
— Karen Horney
Let me say to begin with: It is not neurotic to have conflict ... Conflicts within ourselves are an integral part of human life.
— Karen Horney
Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.
— Karen Horney
Miracles occur in psychoanalysis as seldom as anywhere else.
— Karen Horney
If I couldn't be pretty, I decided I would be smart.
— Karen Horney