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"I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs."
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"We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible."

"We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present."

"Well, maybe I just want to know the future so I can prepare myself for what's coming. If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise, said the seer. If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur."

"Books'll be back, Esther-in-Unalaq predicts. "Wait till the power grids start failing in the 2030s and the datavats get erased. It's not far away. The future looks a lot like the past."

"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."

"You are people with a present and with a future. Don't muff the ball. Be excellent."

"In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich."
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"I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition."

"Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human."

"There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational."

"People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change."

"I had a great many sex and love cases where people were absolutely devastated when somebody with whom they were compulsively in love didn't love them back. They were killing themselves with anxiety and depression."

"In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to HMOs, and we can only be affiliated with a few HMOs."

"Many psychoanalysts refused to let me speak at their meetings. They were exceptionally vigorous because I had previously been an analyst and they were very angry at my flying the coop."

"I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public."
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