All Karen Horney Quotes
- Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view of men. All
- The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work of the masculine tendency to… Creatures
- There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live. Change
- No one … can entirely step out of his time, that despite his keenness of vision his thinking is in many ways bound to be… Bound
- If I couldn't be pretty, I decided I would be smart. Decided
- There's still such chaos in me. Still so little firmly outlined. Just like my face: a formless mass that only takes on shape through the… Agonizing
- Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of playing a relatively… Achievement
- We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. Action
- The most comprehensive formulation of therapeutic goals is the striving for wholeheartedness: to be without pretense, to be emotionally sincere, to be able to put… Able
- Basic anxiety can be roughly described as a feeling of being small, insignificant, helpless, deserted or endangered in a world that is out to abuse,… Abuse
- That many-faceted thing called love succeeds in building bridges from the loneliness on this shore to the loneliness on the other one. These bridges can… Beauty
- To search for truth about self is as valuable as to search for truth in other areas of life. Areas
- It would not be going too far to assert that ... conflict confronts every woman who ventures upon a career of her own and who… Assert
- Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist. Analysis
- Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression. Acting
- Life itself still remains a very effective therapist. Effective
- The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization. Civilization
- Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning. Deception
- If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride Accomplishment
- To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown. All
- The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men. Actually Represents
- When one begins, as I did, to analyze men after a fairly long experience of analyzing women, one receives a most surprising impression of the… Act
- Until I feel strong enough to pray sincerely and to act accordingly, I would rather not pray at all. Accordingly
- Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality. Convention
- Why is it so unutterably beneficial, the thought that someone besides myself knows me? Beneficial