Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Karen Horney

Our Inner Conflicts

On therapy.

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Topic

Therapy Personal growth Life lessons

Author

Karen Horney

Source

Our Inner Conflicts

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Psychologist

From

Germany Europe

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Citation

Horney, Karen. Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neuroses. W. W. Norton & Company, 1945, conclusion.

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Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

Simone Weil

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Topic
Nature of power

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Simone Weil
Language
French
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Weil, Simone. "L'iliade ou le poeme de la force [The Iliad, or The Poem of Force]." Les Cahiers du Sud, 1940.

Current Citation

Weil, Simone. "The Iliad, or The Poem of Force." Simone Weil: An Anthology, translated by Sian Miles. Grove Press, 2000.

Another quote about Personal growth

Growth was seen as an endless series of daily choices and decisions in each of which one can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

Abraham Maslow

The Psychology of Science

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Topic
Facing one's fears Personal growth

Author

Abraham Maslow
Source
The Psychology of Science
Genre
Scientific literature Psychological literature
Language
English
Time
1966 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Maslow, Abraham. The Psychology of Science: A Reconnaissance. Harper & Row, 1966, ch. 3.

Another quote from 1945

Owe your banker 1,000 and you are at his mercy; owe him 1 million and the position is reversed.

John Maynard Keynes

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Topic
Debt Finance

Author

John Maynard Keynes
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. Memo circulated to British War Cabinet. 15 May 1945.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "Overseas Financial Policy in Stage III (1945)." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016.