6 Quotes by Karl Menninger

Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.

The adjuration to be "normal" seems shockingly repellent to me; I see neither hope nor comfort in sinking to that low level. I think it is ignorance that makes people think of abnormality only with horror and allows them to remain undismayed at the proximity of "normal" to average and mediocre. For surely anyone who achieves anything is, a priori, abnormal.

The very word, “sin,” which seems to have disappeared, was once a proud word. It was once a strong word, an ominous and serious word. … But the word went away. It has almost disappeared — the word, along with the notion. Why? Doesn’t anyone sin anymore? Doesn’t anyone believe in sin?

What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.

Love is the basic need of human nature, for without it, life is disrupted emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically

Money-giving is a very good criterion of a person's mental health. Generous people are rarely mentally ill people.