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.

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

To express unafraid and unashamed what one really thinks and feels is one of the great consolations of life.

No person loving or admiring himself is alone.

Romance fails us and so do friendships, but the relationship of parent and child, less noisy than all the others, remains indelible and indestructible, the strongest relationship on earth

He [Freud] often said three things were impossible to fulfill completely; healing, education, governing. He limited his goals in analytic treatment to brining the patient to the point where he could work for a living and learn to love.