We may say that hysteria is a caricature of an artistic creation, a compulsion neurosis a caricature of a religion, and a paranoiac delusion a caricature of a philosophic system.

It is easy to see that the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world.

It might be said of psychoanalysis that if you give it your little finger it will soon have your whole hand.

The transformation of object-libido into narcissistic libido which thus takes place obviously implies an abandonment of sexual aims, a desexualization - a kind of sublimation, therefore.

The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously.

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

When one does not have what one wants, one must want what one has.