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.

Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view of men.

There is no such thing as a normal psychology that holds for all people.

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.

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

The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work of the masculine tendency to lower women's self-respect.

[Neurotics are] torn by inner conflicts ... Every neurotic ... is at war with himself.