Religion: Something comparable to childhood neurosis

I was making frequent use of cocaine at that time ... I had been the first to recommend the use of cocaine, in 1885, and this recommendation had brought serious reproaches down on me.

I do not doubt that it would be easier for fate to take away your suffering than it would for me. But you will see for yourself that much has been gained if we succeed in turning your hysterical misery into common unhappiness.

The ego represents what we call reason and sanity, in contrast to the id which contains the passions.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

The motive forces of phantasies are unsatisfied wishes, and every single phantasy is the fulfillment of a wish, a correction of unsatisfying reality.

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.