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

The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.

The ego is first and foremost a bodily ego; it is not merely a surface entity, but is itself the projection of a surface. If we wish to find an anatomical analogy for it we can best identify it with the 'cortical homunculus' of the anatomists, which stands on its head in the cortex, sticks up its heels, faces

The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious.

When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons.

I cannot face the idea of life without work. What would one do when ideas failed or words refused to come? It is impossible not to shudder at the thought.

The defense against childish helplessness is what lends its characteristic features to the adult's reaction to the helplessness which he has to acknowledge - a reaction which is precisely the formation of religion.