Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves. Theodor Reik More Quotes by Theodor Reik More Quotes From Theodor Reik In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy. Theodor Reik personsloveorder 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 marriagemencivilization The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting. Theodor Reik selfsecretforget Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men Theodor Reik womenwiserelationship 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-concertsdoorsmemories Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes. Theodor Reik creativitywrathartist 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 selflovetwo 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 romanceparentchildren The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love. Theodor Reik stupidwiselove To express unafraid and unashamed what one really thinks and feels is one of the great consolations of life. Theodor Reik consolationfeelsthinking Work and love; these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis. Theodor Reik good-loveromantic-loveand-love There is need of variety in sex, but not in love. Theodor Reik lovesexneeds 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 differentlovepeople No person loving or admiring himself is alone. Theodor Reik admiringsolitudeloneliness Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality. Theodor Reik changedreamlove We are all in a race for dear life: that is to say, we are fugitives from death. Theodor Reik dear-lifedear-godrace It is always possible to approach a goal by a detour. Theodor Reik detoursapproachgoal The small share of happiness attainable by man exists only insofar as he is able to cease to think of himself. Theodor Reik selfishmenthinking 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 goalhealinglove Women see through each other, but they rarely look into themselves. Theodor Reik womenlooks
