Rationalization May Be Defined As

To Find A Mountain Path All By Oneself Gives A Greater Feeling Of Strength Than To Take A Path That Is Shown.

If I Couldn't Be Pretty, I Decided I Would Be Smart.

[neurotics Are] Torn By Inner Conflicts ... Every Neurotic ... Is At War With Himself.

Through The Eclipse Of Large Areas Of The Self, By Repression And Inhibition As Well As By Idealization And Externalization, The Individual Loses Sight Of Himself; He Feels, If He Does Not Actually Become, Like A Shadow Without Weight And Substance.

No One … Can Entirely Step Out Of His Time, That Despite His Keenness Of Vision His Thinking Is In Many Ways Bound To Be Influenced By The Mentality Of His Time