Neurotics Torn Quotes by Karen Horney

“The fact that compulsive drives for success will arise only in a competitive culture does not make them any less neurotic.”

— Karen Horney

It would not be going too far to assert that ... conflict confronts every woman who ventures upon a career of her own and…

— Karen Horney

Life as a therapist is ruthless; circumstances that are helpful to one neurotic may crush another.

— Karen Horney

There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live.

— Karen Horney

“For the analyst it is a source of never-ending astonishment how comparatively well a person can function with the core of himself not participating.”

— Karen Horney

The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work of the masculine tendency…

— Karen Horney

When one begins, as I did, to analyze men after a fairly long experience of analyzing women, one receives a most surprising impression of…

— Karen Horney

Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality.

— Karen Horney

“The tenacity with which the neurotic adheres to any attitude is a sure indication that the attitude fulfills functions which seem indispensable in the…

— Karen Horney

“A perfectly normal person is rare in our civilization.”

— Karen Horney

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

— Karen Horney

If I couldn't be pretty, I decided I would be smart.

— Karen Horney