18 Quotes by Otto Rank

Man works primarily for his own self-respect and not for others or for profit. . . the person who is working for the sake of his own satisfaction, the money he gets in return serves merely as fuel, that is, as a symbol of reward and recognition, in the last analysis, of acceptance by ones fellowmen.

Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.

For the only therapy is life. The patient must learn to live, to live with his split, his conflict, his ambivalence, which no therapy can take away, for if it could, it would take with it the actual spring of life.

There is already too much truth in the world - an overproduction which apparently cannot be consumed!

Some refuse the loan of life to avoid the debt of death.

There is already too much truth in the world – an overproduction which apparently cannot be consumed!

Art is life’s dream interpretation.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, for there are plenty of others.

It seems that life, in order to maintain itself, must revolt every so often against man’s ceaseless attempts to master its irrational forces with his mind.