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.

A piece of creative writing, like a day-dream, is a continuation of, and a substitute for, what was once the play of childhood.

Religion [is] the universal obsessional neurosis of humanity

The game replaces sexual enjoyment by pleasure in movement.

The idea of life having a purpose stands and falls with the religious system.

What is a totem? It is as a rule an animal (whether edible and harmless or dangerous and feared) and more rarely a plant or a natural phenomenon (such as rain or water), which stands in a peculiar relation to the whole clan. In the first place, the totem is the common ancestor of the clan; at the same time it is their guardian spirit and helper, which sends them oracles and, if dangerous to others, recognizes and spares its own children.

In matters of sexuality we are at present, every one of us, ill or well, nothing but hypocrites.