[Freud's] sense of reality is less clouded by wishful thinking than is the case with other people and [he combines] the qualities of critical judgment, earnestness and responsibility.

Everyone likes me, yet nobody understands me.

Conviction is a good motive, but a bad judge.

the contemplation of this world beckoned like a liberation

What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they are able to teach young people to have a critical mind and a socially oriented attitude, they will have done all that is necessary.

It is the theory which decides what we can observe

I believe the most important mission of the state is to protect the individual and make it possible for him to develop into a creative personality.