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

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.

When you feel loved, you don't have to be crazy.

[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.