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> [“He who licks his wounds cannot be affectionate”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/he-who-licks-his-wounds-cannot-be-affectionate/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

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## More by Theodor Reik

> [“It was strange to find that love does not spring from abundance and richness of the ego, but is a way out of inner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/it-was-strange-to-find-that-love-does-not-spring-from-abundance-and/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/the-man-who-has-never-made-a-fool-of-himself-in-love-will-never-be/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [“The original restrictive meaning of sexual aberration which derives satisfaction from a passive relation to the partner has been retained. Masochism, however, has come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/the-original-restrictive-meaning-of-sexual-aberration-which-derives/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/great-innovators-and-original-thinkers-and-artists-attract-the-wrath/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [We are all in a race for dear life: that is to say, we are fugitives from death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/we-are-all-in-a-race-for-dear-life-that-is-to-say-we-are-fugitives/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [There are only two roads that lead to something like human happiness. They are marked by the words . . . love and achievement.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/there-are-only-two-roads-that-lead-to-something-like-human-happiness/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [To express unafraid and unashamed what one really thinks and feels is one of the great consolations of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/to-express-unafraid-and-unashamed-what-one-really-thinks-and-feels-is/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/the-secret-of-human-happiness-is-not-in-self-seeking-but-in-self/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [In our civilization men are afraid they will not be man enough, and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/in-our-civilization-men-are-afraid-they-will-not-be-man-enough-and/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [The repressed memory is like a noisy intruder being thrown out of the concert hall. You can throw him out, but he will bang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/the-repressed-memory-is-like-a-noisy-intruder-being-thrown-out-of-the/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/nothing-said-to-us-nothing-we-can-learn-from-others-reaches-us-so/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [“In our civilization men are afraid they will not be men enough, and women are afraid they might be considered only women.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/in-our-civilization-men-are-afraid-they-will-not-be-men-enough-and/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [“He who licks his wounds cannot be affectionate”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/he-who-licks-his-wounds-cannot-be-affectionate/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [ He \[Freud\] often said three things were impossible to fulfill completely; healing, education, governing. He limited his goals in analytic treatment to brining the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/he-freud-often-said-three-things-were-impossible-to-fulfill/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

> [It is always possible to approach a goal by a detour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-reik/it-is-always-possible-to-approach-a-goal-by-a-detour/)

[Theodor Reik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-reik/)

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