"The aim of psychoanalysis is to strengthen the ego, to make it more independent of the super-ego, to widen its field of perception and enlarge its organization, so that it can appropriate fresh portio…"

"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."

"The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief."

"A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes, but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world."

"The great task of life is to unite the conscious with the unconscious."