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Truth is not always the best basis for happiness. There are certain lies which may constitute a far better and more secure foundation of happiness. There are people who perish when their eyes are opened.

— Wilhelm Stekel The Autobiography of Wilhelm Stekel (1950)

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Love at first sight is a revival of an infantile impression. The first love object reappears in a different disguise.

The Autobiography of Wilhelm Stekel (1950)

Candor is always a double-edged sword; it may heal or it may separate.

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Every resistance reveals the ego (one's own) in conflict with another.

Obedience is the giving up of the resistance; obstinacy the setting up of fresh resistances.

Defiance is the reaction against activity (aggression) of the environment.

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