A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.

The gods retain their threefold task: they must exorcize the terrors of nature, they must reconcile men to the cruelty of Fate, particularly as it is shown in death, and they must compensate them for the sufferings and privations which a civilized life in common has imposed on them.

The only unnatural sexual behavior is none at all.

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.

I became aware of my destiny: to belong to the critical minority as opposed to the unquestioning majority.

To endure life remains, when all is said, the first duty of all living being Illusion can have no value if it makes this more difficult for us.

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