Anxiety in children is originally nothing other than an expression of the fact they are feeling the loss of the person they love.

Our fascination with gold is related to the fantasies of early childhood.

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.

Intolerance of groups is often, strangely enough, exhibited more strongly against small differences than against fundamental ones.

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

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

A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.