« By his birth, man, hear the human race as well as the individual, is expelled from a situation that was determined, as determined as instincts, in a situation that is indeterminate, uncertain and open. There is only certainty about the past - and the future to the extent that it carries death. »

« The annihilation of the individual self and the attempt to dominate the unbearable sense of helplessness are only one aspect of masochistic aspirations. The other side is the attempt to become an element of an external, larger and more powerful whole, to blend in and participate in it. This power can be a person, an institution, God, the nation, consciousness or a psychic compulsion. By becoming part of a power perceived as undeniably strong, eternal and seductive, one participates in its strength and glory. One abandons one's own Self and one renounces all the strength and pride associated with it, one loses one's integrity as an individual and one abandons one's freedom, but one gains new security and pride by participating in the power in which one immerses itself. We also gain security against the torture of doubt. If his master is an external authority or if he has internalized the master as a psychic consciousness or compulsion, the masochistic person is spared by decision-making, by the ultimate responsibility of his own destiny, and thus, spared by doubt of the meaning of his life or by the doubt of "who he is". The relationship to power to which she has been bound answers these questions. The meaning of life and the identity of one's Self are determined by the greatest whole in which the Self has immersed itself. »

« The transition from mother-centered attachment to father-centered attachment, as well as their subsequent synthesis, form the foundation of mental health and maturity. »