A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.
Sigmund FreudA man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.
Sigmund FreudWe should picture the instrument that carries our mental functioning as resembling a compound microscope or photographic apparatus.
Sigmund FreudWe find a place for what we lose. Although we know that after such a loss the acute stage of mourning will subside, we also know that we shall remain inconsolable and will never find a substitute. No matter what may fill the gap, even if it be filled completely, it nevertheless remains something else.
Sigmund Freud