“If you want to hurt somebody and you want to know where his vulnerable spot is you have to know him, before you can put in the right dig, that's very important.” — Heinz Kohut Copy Share Image
“If you want to hurt somebody and you want to know where his vulnerable spot is you have to know him, before you can… — Heinz Kohut Copy Share Image
The empathic understanding of the experience of other human beings is as basic an endowment of man as his vision, hearing, touch, taste and… — Heinz Kohut Copy Share Image
Although those who didnt receive a parent love become obsessed with themselves to fulfill the feeling of emptiness, they keep on searching for others… — Heinz Kohut Copy Share Image
...man can no more survive psychologically in a psychological milieu that does not respond empathetically to him, than he can survive physically in an… — Heinz Kohut Copy Share Image
The mark of a good marriage is when only one of you goes crazy at a time! — Heinz Kohut Copy Share Image
If there is one lesson that I have learned during my life as an analyst, it is the lesson that what my patients tell… — Heinz Kohut Copy Share Image
The musician of disordered sound, the poet of decomposed language, the painter and sculptor of the fragmented visual and tactile world: they all portray… — Heinz Kohut Copy Share Image
Empathy is the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner life of another person. — Heinz Kohut Copy Share Image
