Civilization runs a greater risk if we maintain our present attitude to religion than if we give it up.

I no longer count as one of my merits that I always tell the truth as much as possible; it has become my metier.

If you want to endure life, prepare yourself for death.

We must not allow ourselves to be deflected by the feminists who are anxious to force us to regard the two sexes as completely equal in position and worth.

Our fascination with gold is related to the fantasies of early childhood.

Our unconscious, then, does not believe in its own death; it behaves as if it were immortal. It knows nothing that is negative; in it contradictories coincide. This may be the secret of heroism.

Humanity is in the highest degree irrational, so that there is no prospect of influencing it by reasonable arguments. Against prejudice one can do nothing.