Words and magic were in the beginning one and the same thing, and even today words retain much of their magical power.
You wanted to kill your father in order to be your father yourself. Now you are your father, but a dead father.
The effect of the consolations of religion may be compared to that of a narcotic.
Whatever fosters the growth of civilization works at the same time against war.
It is not attention that the child is seeking, but love.
The only shame in masturbation is the shame of not doing it well.