The empathic understanding of the experience of other human beings is as basic an endowment of man as his vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell — 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 atmosphere that contains no oxygen. — 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
