We have come to see that just as the child must learn to love wisely, so he must learn to hate expeditiously, to turn destructive tendencies away from himself toward enemies that actually threaten him rather than toward the friendly… — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
People repeat in adult life emotions they experience in childhood. Many of the people whom I spent the last 30 or 40 years treating at so much per minute wouldn't have needed any treatment at all if they had had… — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward, and we want to sit in their radius. — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
Our lives are shaped by those who love us as well as those who refuse to love us.... — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
The adjuration to be "normal" seems shockingly repellent to me; I see neither hope nor comfort in sinking to that low level. I think… — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
It was his optimism that Freud bequeathed to America and it was the optimism of our youthfulness, our freedom from the sterner, sadder tradition… — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
Neurotic means he is not as sensible as I am, and psychotic means he's even worse than my brother-in-law. — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
Chess is a more highly symbolic game, but the aggressions are therefore even more frankly represented in the play. It probably began as a… — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
“We want him to see that as a result of being parented by imperfect parents, he (she) chooses the wrong people for the right… — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
It is hard for a free fish to understand what is happening to a hooked one. — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted… — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible. — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
