Theodore Isaac Rubin

(1923–2019) Novelist United States

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Theodore Isaac Rubin was a novelist from the United States, best known for The angry book.

Quick Facts About Theodore Isaac Rubin

Born: April 11, 1923
Died: February 16, 2019
Nationality: United States
Profession: Novelist
Notable works: The angry book

About Theodore Isaac Rubin

Theodore Isaac Rubin was an American psychiatrist and author. Rubin was a past president of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Karen Horney Institute for Psychoanalysis. He lived in New York City and was married to Eleanor Katz.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Theodore Isaac Rubin

Television deprives children of their imaginations.

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Children

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To the extent that we honor all aspects of ourselves, we remove revulsion, self-hate, horror, and terror from our lives. As whole…

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Acceptance

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All of us are crazy in one or another way.

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Another way

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“I must learn to love the fool in me--the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins…

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The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fast enough.

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Able

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“I learned to love the fool in me. The one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins…

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Inspirational

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The process of writing a book is infinitely more important than the book that is completed as a result of the writing,…

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Book

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Treat yourself at least as well as you treat other people.

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People

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Sometimes the routes leading to feelings of anger are so convoluted and circuitous that it takes enormous skill to discern their original…

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Anger

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The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a…

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Art

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The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

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Expecting

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Feeling angry is a universal human phenomenon. It is as basic as feeling hungry, lonely, loving, or tired. The capacity to feel…

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Angry

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Have you considered that if you don't make waves, nobody including yourself will know that you are alive?

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Alive

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Compassion for myself is the most powerful healer of them all.

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Compassion

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Health is relative. There is no such thing as an absolute state of health or sickness. Everyone's physical, mental, and emotional condition…

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Absolute

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Children are extremely perceptive and absorb what goes on around them long before they can talk or even comprehend language. They are…

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Absorb

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Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult…

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Difficult task

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There are a great many people in our society who are happy, but since they don't know they're happy, they're not happy.

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Community

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I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances,…

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Chance

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Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

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Kindness

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Few people can fail to generate a self-healing process, when they become genuinely involved in healing others.

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Failing

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Invest in the "process" rather than the product. Process living neutralizes the depleting and impoverishing effects of chronically living in anticipation. Even…

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Anticipation

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