"Man's most precious possession is the capacity for love and work."

"The narcissism of minor differences."

"The creative writer does the same as the child at play. He creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously—that is, which he invests with large amounts of affect—while separating it sharply f…"

"The only abnormal people are those who have not had a psychoanalysis."

"The more the parents of a child are themselves involved in neurotic conflicts, the more likely it is that they will seek to resolve these conflicts through their child."