The paranoid is never entirely mistaken.

We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment only from a contrast.

A layman will no doubt find it hard to understand how pathological disorders of the body and mind can be eliminated by 'mere' words. He will feel that he is being asked to believe in magic. And he will not be so very wrong, for the words which we use in our everyday speech are nothing other than watered-down magic. But we shall have to follow a roundabout path in order to explain how science sets about restoring to words a part at least of their former magical power.

The wish to be able to fly is to be understood as nothing else than a longing to be capable of sexual performance.

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.

My boy! Smoking is one of the greatest and cheapest enjoyments in life, and if you decide in advance not to smoke, i can only feel sorry for you.

Only a good-for-nothing is not interested in his past.