“Chronic anxiety is a state more undesirable than any other, and we will try almost any maneuver to eliminate it. Modern man is living in anxious anticipation of destruction. Such anxiety can be easily eliminated by self-destruction. As a German saying puts it: 'Better an end with terror than a terror without end.”

“We must eliminate nagging with its complaining and contentious spirit because it focuses attention on self rather than on the other person.”

“Interruption is basically a self serving and egotistical at. It blatantly states What I have to say is more important than what you have to say.”

“Studies have indicated that the tone of voice may be more important than any other element in our response.”

“The suicide passes a judgment. Society does not care to examine the judgment, but in defense of itself as is, condemns the suicide.”

“Suicide is an attack on society--an attack on its omnipotence, on its denial of death, and on its own despair.”

“Psychologists have clinically observed that overly prolonged grief in the bereaved usually signifies a poor relationship with the one who died.”