I have often felt as though I had inherited all the defiance and all the passions with which our ancestors defended their Temple and could gladly sacrifice my life for one great moment in history. And at the same time I always felt so helpless and incapable of expressing these ardent passions even by a word or a poem.

Immorality, no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

You wanted to kill your father in order to be your father yourself. Now you are your father, but a dead father.

So in every individual the two trends, one towards personal happiness and the other unity with the rest of humanity, must contend with each other.

Neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and its id, whereas psychosis is the analogous outcome of a similar disturbance in the relation between the ego and the external world.

We know less about the sexual life of little girls than of boys. But we need not feel ashamed of this distinction; after all, the sexual life of adult women is a 'dark continent' for psychology.