Ernest Becker: "Adler was right to say that the mentally ill all have a basic
problem of courage. They cannot assume responsibility for their own independent
lives; they are hyper–fearful of life and death."
Paul Tillich: “Neurosis is the way of avoiding nonbeing by avoiding being.”
Carl Jung: “Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.”
Sigmund Freud: “Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of
it, and when it comes to taking it away from them they will defend it like a
lioness her young.”
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