Talent is often a defect in character.

A good stylist should have narcissistic enjoyment as he works. He must be able to objectivize his work to such an extent that he catches himself feeling envious and has to jog his memory to find that he is himself the creator. In short, he must display that highest degree of objectivity which the world calls vanity.

In a well-run mental household there ought to be a thorough cleaning at the threshold of consciousness a few times a year.

Anesthesia: wounds without pain. Neurasthenia: pain without wounds.

Who is going to cast out an error to which he has given birth and replace it with an adopted truth?

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious.

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.