The repressed memory is like a noisy intruder being thrown out of the concert hall. You can throw him out, but he will bang on the door and continue to disturb the concert. The analyst opens the door and says, If you promise to behave yourself, you can come back in.

Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish.

Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.

It is always possible to approach a goal by a detour.

Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men

The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods.

Work and love; these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.