A man's heterosexuality will not put up with any homosexuality, and vice versa.

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.

public self is a conditioned construct of the inner psychological self.

...perhaps the hopes I have confessed to are of an illusory nature, too. But I hold fast to one distinction. Apart from the fact that no penalty is imposed for not sharing them, my illusions are not, like religious ones, incapable of correction.

A father's death is the most important event, the more heartbreaking and poignant loss in a man's life.

It sounds not only disagreeable but also paradoxical, yet it must nevertheless be said that anyone who is to be really free and happy in love must have surmounted his respect for women and have come to terms with the idea of incest with his mother or sister.

My psychoanalysis has equipped you with the equivalent of a train ticket to recovery. It is now your decision whether or not you choose to make full use of it.