59 Quotes by Karen Horney

Whether we forget something we are not proud of, or embellish it, or blame somebody else, we want to save face by not owning up to shortcomings.

The pride in intellect, or rather in the supremacy of the mind, is not restricted to those engaged in intellectual pursuits but is a regular occurrence in all neurosis.

For the analyst it is a source of never-ending astonishment how comparatively well a person can function with the core of himself not participating.

The fact that compulsive drives for success will arise only in a competitive culture does not make them any less neurotic.

Patients coming for consultation complain about headaches, sexual disturbances, inhibitions in work, or other symptoms; as a rule, they do not complain about having lost touch with the core of their psychic existence.

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.

When one begins, as I did, to analyze men after a fairly long experience of analyzing women, one receives a most surprising impression of the intensity of this envy of pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood, as well as of breasts and of the act of suckling.

Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view of men.