Whatever he thought he was, it was painfully clear he was not. - Tom Butler-Bowdon

Prior to the 1980s, David Burns writes, depression had been the cancer of the psychological world — widespread but difficult to treat — and the taboos associated with it made the problem worse for most people.

crucial moments of choice most of the business of choosing is already over.” Willing is not conscious resolve, but rather being true to what one loves or sees.

But of greater concern is the fact that psychologists tend to give progressively less attention to a motive which pervades our entire lives.