Theodor Reik

In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.

— Theodor Reik

He [Freud] often said three things were impossible to fulfill completely; healing, education, governing. He limited his goals in analytic treatment to brining the patient to the point where he could work for a living and learn to love.

— Theodor Reik

The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.

— Theodor Reik

Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men.

— Theodor Reik

Work and love; these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.

— Theodor Reik

There are only two roads that lead to something like human happiness. They are marked by the words: love and achievement. In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy. The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting.

— Theodor Reik