Theodor Reik Quotes

Romance fails us and so do friendships, but the relationship of parent and child, less noisy than all others, remains indelible and indestructible, the strongest relationship on earth.

The other day I heard about a little boy who was spending the night at his aunt’s and complained about the fact that she turned out the light. “What is the matter with you, Tommy?” asked the aunt. “You sleep in the dark at home, don’t you?” – “Yes, Auntie,” replied the boy, “but it’s […]

I am convinced that Beethoven had a lower I.Q. than a bank director, but I am willing to exchange all bank directors for the one Beethoven.

The overvaluation of intelligence among cultured people in our country has reached a frightening degree. Not only our public schools and our colleges and universities, but also our research institutions give the impression that the intelligence test is the only criterion of man’s mental endowment… It is as if imagination, moral courage, creative facilities were […]

Romance fails us and so do friendships, but the relationship of parent and child, less noisy than all the others, remains indelible and indestructible, the strongest relationship on earth.