Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

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.

Woe to you, my Princess, when I come. I will kiss you quite red and feed you till you are plump. And if you are froward, you shall see who is the stronger, a gentle little girl who doesn't eat enough, or a big wild man who has cocaine in his body. -- A love letter from Freud to his fiancée.

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.

Neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and its id, whereas psychosis is the analogous outcome of a similar disturbance in the relation between the ego and the external world.

Our fascination with gold is related to the fantasies of early childhood.

Writing was in its origin, the voice of an absent person.