Theodor Reik Quotes

• Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish.

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• We are all in a race for dear life: that is to say, we are fugitives from death.

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• The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.

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• The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods.

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• Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves.

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• Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.

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  Tags in World, Change, Reality

• In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.

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  Tags in Women, Civilization, Men

• Work and love – these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.

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  Topics in Work

  Tags in Neurosis, Psychiatry, Basic

Theodor Reik (8)

Birth:	12th May, 1988
Death:	31st December, 1969
Nationality:	American, Austrian
Profession:	Psychoanalyst

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