“ The goal of all life is death. ”

“ The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind. ”

“ I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think. ”

“ The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?' ”

“ The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises. ”

“ We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love. ”

“ Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. ”

“ The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. ”

“ America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success. ”

“ Time spent with cats is never wasted. ”