it must depend as much upon the patient's willingness to be cured, as upon the physician's skill in curing. There is neither force not magic in psychiatry.

All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.

Truth is no man's slave - but lies - what magnificent servants they make.

artists are exposed to great temptations: their eyes see paradise before their souls have reached it, and that is a great danger.

If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven.

death ... is not a great affair! Think - it happens once only - to each of us - as birth does. What do you know about being born? that - and no more - will you know about the act of death.

To see a shadow and think it is a tree that is a pity; but to see a tree and to think it a shadow can be fatal.