The primitive stages can always be re-established; the primitive mind is, in the fullest meaning of the word, imperishable.

The aim of psychoanalysis is to relieve people of their neurotic unhappiness so that they can be normally unhappy.

When the wayfarer whistles in the dark, he may be disavowing his timidity, but he does not see any the more clearly for doing so.

Let us consider the polarity of love and hate.... Now, clinical observation shows not only that love is with unexpected regularityaccompanied by hate (ambivalence), and not only that in human relationships hate is frequently a forerunner of love, but also that in many circumstances hate changes into love and love into hate.

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

If you want to endure life, prepare yourself for death.

Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly. Some are afraid to show even the slightest sign of affection because of fear. Fear that their feelings may not be recognized, or even worst, returned. But one thing about human beings puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with the object of their affection even if it kills them slowly within.