The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.

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.

I no longer believe that William Shakespeare the actor from Stratford was the author of the works that have been ascribed to him.

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

The pleasure of satisfying a savage instinct, undomesticated by the ego, is uncomparably much more intense than the one of satisfying a tamed instinct. The reason is becoming the enemy that prevents us from a lot of possibilities of pleasure.

When a man has once brought himself to accept uncritically all the absurdities that religious doctrines put before him and even to overlook the contradictions between them, we need not be greatly suprised at the weakness of his intellect.

To be completely honest with oneself is the very best effort a human being can make.