No other technique for the conduct of life attaches the individual so firmly to reality as laying emphasis on work; for his work at least gives him a secure place in a portion of reality, in the human community.

Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation, it cannot be classified as an illness.

A string of reproaches against other people leads one to suspect the existence of a string of self-reproaches with the same content.

The dream acts as a safety-valve for the over-burdened brain.

The psychic development of the individual is a short repetition of the course of development of the race.

When the wayfarer whistles in the dark, he may be disavowing his timidity, but he does not see any the more clearly for doing so.

Conscience is the internal perception of the rejection of a particular wish operating within us.