In mourning it is the world which has become poor and empty; in melancholia it is the ego itself.

When we attempt to imagine death, we perceive ourselves as spectators.

So in every individual the two trends, one towards personal happiness and the other unity with the rest of humanity, must contend with each other.

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

Look into the depths of your own soul and learn first to know yourself, then you will understand why this illness was bound to come upon you and perhaps you will thenceforth avoid falling ill.

A woman should soften but not weaken a man.