The voice of the intellect is soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endless rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points in which one may be optimistic about the future of mankind.

dream is the dreamer's own psychical act.

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.

There is a powerful force within us, an un-illuminated part of the mind - separate from the conscious mind that is constantly at work molding our thought, feelings, and actions.

In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never so forlornly unhappy as when we have lost our love object or its love.

The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.