Best Quotes by Anthony Storr (Top 10)

  1. It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.
  2. Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.
  3. With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species.
  4. One man's faith is another man's delusion
  5. In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes difficult to persuade well-meaning helpers that solitude can be as therapeutic as emotional support.
  6. Whether a belief is considered to be a delusion or not depends partly upon the intensity with which it is defended, and partly upon the numbers of people subscribing to it.
  7. Avoidance behavior is a response designed to protect the infant from behavioral disorganization. If we transfer this concept to adult life, we can see that an avoidant infant might very well develop into a person whose principal need was to find some kind of meaning and order in life which was not entirely, or even chiefly, dependent upon interpersonal relationships
  8. The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.
  9. It is widely believed that interpersonal relationships of an intimate kind are the chief, if not the only, source of human happiness, yet the lives of creative individuals often seem to run counter to this assumption.
  10. The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

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