Rationalization May Be Defined As Self-deception By

It Would Not Be Going Too Far To Assert That ... Conflict Confronts Every Woman Who Ventures Upon A Career Of Her Own And Who Is ... Unwilling To Pay For Her Daring With The Renunciation Of Her Femininity.

If I Couldn't Be Pretty, I Decided I Would Be Smart.

We May Feel Genuinely Concerned About World Conditions, Though Such A Concern Should Drive Us Into Action And Not Into A Depression.

The Most Comprehensive Formulation Of Therapeutic Goals Is The Striving For Wholeheartedness: To Be Without Pretense, To Be Emotionally Sincere, To Be Able To Put The Whole Of Oneself Into One's Feelings, One's Work, One's Beliefs.

Basic Anxiety Can Be Roughly Described As A Feeling Of Being Small, Insignificant, Helpless, Deserted Or Endangered In A World That Is Out To Abuse, Cheat, Humiliate, Betray, Envy... . And Special In This Is The Child's Feeling That The Parents' Love, Their Christian Charity, Honesty, Generosity ... May Be Only A Pretense.