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Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of playing a relatively small part in the creation of living beings, which constantly impels them to an

Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of playing a relatively small part in the creation of living beings, which constantly impels them to an overcompensation in achievement?

Karen Horney
Creativity, Men, Creative
Karen Horney (1967). “Feminine Psychology”

miracles occur in psychoanalysis as seldom as anywhere else.

Karen Horney
Miracle, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis
Karen Horney (1950). “The Collected Works of Karen Horney: Self analysis. Neurosis and human growth”

Life as a therapist is ruthless; circumstances that are helpful to one neurotic may crush another.

Karen Horney
Crush, May, Helpful
Karen Horney (2013). “Our Inner Conflicts: A CONSTRUCTIVE THEORY OF NEUROSIS”, p.240, Routledge

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.

Karen Horney
Women, Careers, Venture
Karen Horney (1967). “Feminine Psychology”

Through the eclipse of large areas of the self, by repression and inhibition as well as by idealization and externalization, the individual loses sight of himself; he feels, if he does not actually become, like a shadow without weight and substance.

Karen Horney
Sight, Self, Shadow
Karen Horney (2013). “Our Inner Conflicts: A CONSTRUCTIVE THEORY OF NEUROSIS”, p.151, Routledge

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