27 Quotes by Theodor Reik

عادة ما يبدأ السيكولوجيون المهتمون بمشكلة المثلية بالتفكير عن الرغبة الغريبة لدى رجل يمكنهُ أن يمضى إلى الفراش مع رجل آخر أو لدى امرأة يمكنها ذلك مع امرأة أخرى. إن الغرابة ليست موجودة إلا بالنسبة للواقع المادي المجسّد، أما في حقل الاستيهام فالرجل يلعب دور المرأة والعكس بالعكس.

Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves.

The repressed memory is like a noisy intruder being thrown out of the concert hall. You can throw him out, but he will bang on the door and continue to disturb the concert. The analyst opens the door and says, If you promise to behave yourself, you can come back in.

The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods.

Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish.

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.

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

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

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