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

The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious thing in life.

dream is the dreamer's own psychical act.

If the truth of religious doctrines is dependent on an inner experience that bears witness to the truth, what is one to make of the many people who do not have that experience?

Concerning the factors of silence, solitude and darkness, we can only say that they are actually elements in the production of the infantile anxiety from which the majority of human beings have never become quite free.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

The dream is the liberation of the spirit from the pressure of external nature, a detachment of the soul from the fetters of matter.