I have no concern with any economic criticisms of the communist system; I cannot inquire into whether the abolition of private property is expedient or advantageous. But I am able to recognize that the psychological premisses on which the system is based are an untenable illusion. In abolishing private property we deprive the human love of aggression of one of its instruments... but we have in no way altered the differences in power and influence which are misused by aggressiveness.

Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.

I became aware of my destiny: to belong to the critical minority as opposed to the unquestioning majority.

A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist.

No neurotic harbors thoughts of suicide which are not murderous impulses against others redirected upon himself.

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.

One thing only do I know for certain and that is that man's judgments of value follow directly his wishes for happiness-that, accordingly, they are an attempt to support his illusions with arguments. [p.111]