Failure Doesn't Have Anything To Do With

The Easy Way Out Is Often Just That-the 'easy' Way Out Of The Most Rewarding Lifestyle.

The Emotionally Mature Individual Should Completely Accept The Fact That We Live In A World Of Probability And Chance, Where There Are Not, Nor Probably Ever Will Be, Any Absolute Certainties, And Should Realize That It Is Not At All Horrible, Indeed—such A Probabilistic, Uncertain World.

You Have Considerable Power To Construct Self-helping Thoughts, Feelings And Actions As Well As To Construct Self-defeating Behaviors. You Have The Ability, If You Use It, To Choose Healthy Instead Of Unhealthy Thinking, Feeling And Acting.

Freudian Therapists Do A Lot Of Listening And Very Little Persuading, And That Was One Of The Reasons I Eventually Gave Up Being An Analyst. You Had To Be Too Passive And Not Speak Up, And You Couldn't Give Homework To Clients. While I Was Still An Analyst, I Wrote Several Articles Criticizing Psychoanalysis, But The Analysts Weren't Listening To My Objections. So I Finally Quit Psychoanalysis After Practicing It For Six Years.

Is Self-esteem A Sickness? That's According To The Way You Define It. In The Usual Way It Is Defined By People And By Psychologists, I'd Say That It Is Probably The Greatest Emotional Disturbance Known To Man And Woman.