"The unconscious is the true psychical reality; in its innermost nature it is as much unknown to us as the reality of the external world."

"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endlessly repeated rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points in which one may …"

"The ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world."

"The insane are not without reason, but they are without a certain kind of reason."

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