Authority Quote by Erich Fromm

“The physical, mental and emotional battle scars remain and although some have healed significantly, many remain indefinitely.”

— Justin Reed Early

A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior.

— David Brin

The wounds of conscience always leave a scar.

— Publilius Syrus

“The defects of the mind are like the wounds of the body. Whatever care we take to heal them the scars ever remain, and…

— François de la Rochefoucauld

“The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body. After all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up,…

— François de La Rochefoucauld

Many of the twisted minds and crippled characters in the world were made by careless parents who kept their children away from knives and…

— Gilbert Highet

Neurosis is an inner cleavage-the state of being at war with oneself.

— Carl Jung

“Above all, we know that there’s a physical basis for every psychological attribute we have: if just the right spot gets damaged, we can…

— Sam Kean

“No matter how many scars we carry from what we have gone through and suffered in the past, our intrinsic wholeness is still here:…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

[Neurotics are] torn by inner conflicts ... Every neurotic ... is at war with himself.

— Karen Horney

“Child abuse isn’t evil because it may produce neurotic adults but because it abuses children.”

— Alison Gopnik

“Some emotional scars hurt more than others. They eat into one’s soul and will never fully heal. Perhaps the scars are too deep by…

— Nastaran Aghajani