Theodor Reik Quotes

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

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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Theodor Reik (Austrian German: [raɪk]; 12 May 1888 – 31 December 1969) was a psychoanalyst who trained as one of Freud's first students in Vienna, Austria, and was a pioneer of lay analysis in the United States.

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

Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women and even the most foolish women are wise about men.