the anxiety arising from the perpetual activity of the death instinct, though never eliminated, is counteracted and kept at bay by the power of the life instinct.

One of the many interesting and surprising experiences of the beginner in child analysis is to find in even very young children a capacity for insight which is often far greater than that of adults.

The highly ambitious person, in spite of all his successes, always remains dissatisfied, in the same way as a greedy baby is never satisfied.

The root of creativity is found in the need to repair the good object destroyed during the depressive phase.

Feminism freed my mind. Yoga freed my body. It's one thing to intellectualize self-love and another to embody it.

Feelings of love and gratitude arise directly and spontaneously in the baby in response to the love and care of his mother.

It is characteristic of the emotions of the very young infant that they are of an extreme and powerful nature.

I bet there are a lot of women out there who want to sleep with a guy who reads. And being the head of the reading foundation, I’m very well endowed.

Was everybody seeing this stuff and acting as though they weren't? Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act?

Ironically, parenting is a shame and judgment minefield precisely because most of us are wading through uncertainty and self-doubt when it comes to raising our children.

A state may launch a pre-emptive strike if it has very good reason for thinking that another state is preparing for war.

In this world and the world of tomorrow, we must go forward together or not at all.

No, no, I'm sure, My restless spirit never could endure To brood so long upon one luxury, Unless it did, though fearfully, espy A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.

Donadld Trump loves loyalty.

Excellence is being thwarted not only by laziness but by reckless attachment to causes, programs, and - in some cases, leaders.

There [in Allied] were things that were written that were cut, and things that were shot that were cut, but if the film works, they are erased from memory.

Even if you lie to me...that's okay. I'll be satisfied with as much of yourself as you can give me.