Sorrow is the vitamin of growth. - Elvin Semrad

[Regarding what to say to a patient:] We all have the same question and problem, and I follow a very simple rule: if it's comfortable for me to say it, then it is the right thing, the right time, and the right way to say it.

You have to respect his [the patient's] adulthood. To do this you have to treat him with respect and approach him on his highest level of function. Don't take away from him what he has, or you'll foster regression.

We have three choices in life: to kill ourselves, go crazy, or learn to live with what we have in life.