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> [“A perfectly normal person is rare in our civilization.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/a-perfectly-normal-person-is-rare-in-our-civilization/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-horney/)

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> [The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/the-perfect-normal-person-is-rare-in-our-civilization/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-horney/)

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## Other authors on Normal person

## More by Karen Horney

> [“The fact that compulsive drives for success will arise only in a competitive culture does not make them any less neurotic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/the-fact-that-compulsive-drives-for-success-will-arise-only-in-a/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/it-would-not-be-going-too-far-to-assert-that-conflict-confronts-every/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-horney/)

> [Life as a therapist is ruthless; circumstances that are helpful to one neurotic may crush another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/life-as-a-therapist-is-ruthless-circumstances-that-are-helpful-to-one/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-horney/)

> [There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/there-is-no-good-reason-why-we-should-not-develop-and-change-until/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/for-the-analyst-it-is-a-source-of-never-ending-astonishment-how/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/the-view-that-women-are-infantile-and-emotional-creatures-and-as-such/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/when-one-begins-as-i-did-to-analyze-men-after-a-fairly-long/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-horney/)

> [Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/thou-shalt-free-thyself-from-convention-from-everyday-morality/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/the-tenacity-with-which-the-neurotic-adheres-to-any-attitude-is-a/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-horney/)

> [“A perfectly normal person is rare in our civilization.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/a-perfectly-normal-person-is-rare-in-our-civilization/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-horney/)

> [Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/rationalization-may-be-defined-as-self-deception-by-reasoning/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-horney/)

> [If I couldn't be pretty, I decided I would be smart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/if-i-couldn-t-be-pretty-i-decided-i-would-be-smart/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-horney/)

> [Through the eclipse of large areas of the self, by repression and inhibition as well as by idealization and externalization, the individual loses sight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/through-the-eclipse-of-large-areas-of-the-self-by-repression-and/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-horney/)

> [“The pride in intellect, or rather in the supremacy of the mind, is not restricted to those engaged in intellectual pursuits but is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/the-pride-in-intellect-or-rather-in-the-supremacy-of-the-mind-is-not/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-horney/)

> [Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of playing a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-horney/is-not-the-tremendous-strength-in-men-of-the-impulse-to-creative-work/)

[Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-horney/)

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