Theodor Reik Born : May 12, 1888 Died : December 31, 1969 Browse All Authors Top 22 quotes by Theodor Reik In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy. Theodor Reik persons love order In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women. Theodor Reik marriage men civilization The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting. Theodor Reik self secret forget Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men Theodor Reik women wise relationship 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. Theodor Reik live-concerts doors memories Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes. Theodor Reik creativity wrath artist Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves. Theodor Reik said There are only two roads that lead to something like human happiness. They are marked by the words . . . love and achievement. . . . Inorder to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy. . . . The secret of human happiness is not inself-seeking but in self-forgetting. Theodor Reik self love two Romance fails us and so do friendships, but the relationship of parent and child, less noisy than all the others, remains indelible and indestructible, the strongest relationship on earth Theodor Reik romance parent children The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love. Theodor Reik stupid wise love To express unafraid and unashamed what one really thinks and feels is one of the great consolations of life. Theodor Reik consolation feels thinking Work and love; these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis. Theodor Reik good-love romantic-love and-love There is need of variety in sex, but not in love. Theodor Reik love sex needs The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods. Theodor Reik different love people No person loving or admiring himself is alone. Theodor Reik admiring solitude loneliness Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality. Theodor Reik change dream love We are all in a race for dear life: that is to say, we are fugitives from death. Theodor Reik dear-life dear-god race It is always possible to approach a goal by a detour. Theodor Reik detours approach goal The small share of happiness attainable by man exists only insofar as he is able to cease to think of himself. Theodor Reik selfish men thinking He [Freud] often said three things were impossible to fulfill completely; healing, education, governing. He limited his goals in analytic treatment to brining the patient to the point where he could work for a living and learn to love. Theodor Reik goal healing love
