“ Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts. ”

“ The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and prototype of the affect of anxiety. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another. ”

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

“ Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. ”

“ Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. ”

“ Time spent with cats is never wasted. ”