The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

I think that in general it is a good plan occasionally to bear in mind the fact that people were in the habit of dreaming before there was such a thing as psychoanalysis.

The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious thing in life.

In some place in my soul, in a very hidden corner, I am a fanatical Jew. I am very much astonished to discover myself as such in spite of all efforts to be unprejudiced and impartial. What can I do against it at my age?

The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.

To be completely honest with oneself is the very best effort a human being can make.

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.