Paradoxically, only journeying backward in time and reentering the home we once knew allows us to go forward to the home we've always wanted.

Until a man can quit talking loudly to himself in order to shout down the memories of blunderings and gropings, he is in no shape for the painstaking examination of distress.

The man who once cursed his fate, now curses himself - and pays his psychoanalyst.

Mental illness is a myth, whose function is to disguise and thus render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflicts in human relations.

Why should I tolerate a perfect stranger at the bedside of my mind?

Freud is the father of pyschoanalysis. It has no mother.

Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand.

The Five Myths of Pop Psychology: 1. Human beings are basically good. 2. We need more self-esteem and self-worth. 3. You can't love others until you love yourself. 4. You shouldn't judge anyone. 5. All guilt is bad.

Psychiatric expert testimony: mendacity masquerading as medicine.