Every civilized human being, whatever his conscious development, is still an archaic man at the deeper levels of his psyche.

Once upon a time men were possessed by devils. Now they are not less obsessed by ideas

Even if the whole world were to fall to pieces, the unity of the psyche would never be shattered.

Identification with one's office or title is very attractive indeed, which is precisely why so many men are nothing more than the decorum accorded to them by society. In vain would one look for a personality behind the husk. Underneath one would find a very pitiable little creature. That is why the office is so attractive: it offers easy compensation for personal deficiencies.

What we lack is intensity of life.

Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood.

I came to Freud for facts. I read 'The Interpretation of Dreams' and I thought- 'Oh, here is a man who is not just theorizing away, here is a man who has got facts.