A poor girl may have an illusion that a prince will come and fetch her home. It is possible, some such cases have occurred. That the Messiah will come and found a golden age is much less probable.

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.

Life as we find it is too hard for us; it entails too much pain, too many disappointments, impossible tasks. We cannot do without palliative remedies.

A woman should soften but not weaken a man.

The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and prototype of the affect of anxiety.

The voice of the intellect is soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endless rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points in which one may be optimistic about the future of mankind.

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.