Wilhelm Stekel

Quotes

• “Candor is always a double-edged sword; it may heal or it may separate.”
• “People who do not understand themselves have a craving for understanding — a thing which is rather surmised and never spoken than known and clothed in words.”
• “Experience shows that this transference very soon becomes the source of resistance. Love is only a seeking for love in return, Do, ut des [I give, that thou shalt give]. If the patient notices that love is not given in return or that it has not reached that degree which he expected, defiance enters in place of the love, which in turn manifests itself as active resistance.”
• “Anxiety is fear of one's self.”
• “In reality, we are still children. We want to find a playmate for our thoughts and feelings.”
• “Many an attack of depression is nothing but the expression of regret at having to be virtuous.”

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