Intolerance of groups is often, strangely enough, exhibited more strongly against small differences than against fundamental ones.

The ego represents what we call reason and sanity, in contrast to the id which contains the passions.

The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious thing in life.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

The ego refuses to be distressed by the provocations of reality, to let itself be compelled to suffer. It insists that it cannot be affected by the traumas of the external world; it shows, in fact, that such traumas are no more than occasions for it to gain pleasure.

[The child receives impressions like] a photographic exposure that can be developed after any interval of time and transformed into a picture.

All family life is organized around the most damaged person in it.