Sigmund Freud — "The sexual life of adult women is a 'dark continent' for psychology."

"Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and enable us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality an…"

"The creative writer is a valuable ally of the analyst."

"The ego represents what may be called reason and common sense, in contrast to the id, which contains the passions."

"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 aim of all life is to return to the inorganic state."