Quotes from Theodor Reik

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

It is always possible to approach a goal by a detour.

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

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.