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

A strong egoism is a protection against disease, but in the last resort we must begin to love in order that we may not fall ill, and must fall ill if, in consequence of frustration, we cannot love.

When a love-relationship is at its height there is no room left for any interest in the environment; a pair of lovers are sufficient to themselves

When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.

The price we pay for our advance in civilization is a loss of happiness through the heightening of the sense of guilt.

Religion is the process of unconscious wish fulfillment, where, for certain people, if the process did not take place it would put them in self-danger of coming to mental harm, being unable to cope with the idea of a godless, purposeless life.

Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.