Dreams are constructed from the residue of yesterday.

Dreams are constructed from the residue of yesterday.

Sigmund Freud

Psychoanalysis is in essence a cure through love.

Psychoanalysis is in essence a cure through love.

None believes in his own death. In the unconscious everyone is convinced of his own immortality.

None believes in his own death. In the unconscious everyone is convinced of his own immortality.

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

If you can't do it, give up!

If you can't do it, give up!

Perhaps the gods are kind to us, by making life more disagreeable as we grow older. In the end death seems less intolerable than the manifold burdens we carry

Perhaps the gods are kind to us, by making life more disagreeable as we grow older. In the end death seems less intolerable than the manifold burdens we carry

The news that reaches your consciousness is incomplete and often not to be relied on.... Turn your eyes inward, look into your own depths, learn first to know yourself!

The news that reaches your consciousness is incomplete and often not to be relied on.... Turn your eyes inward, look into your own depths, learn first to know yourself!

The ego represents what we call reason and sanity, in contrast to the id which contains the passions.

The ego represents what we call reason and sanity, in contrast to the id which contains the passions.

Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.

Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.

When a love-relationship is at its height there is no room left for any interest in the environment; a pair of lovers are sufficient to themselves

When a love-relationship is at its height there is no room left for any interest in the environment; a pair of lovers are sufficient to themselves

We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love.

We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love.

Perception is less of a recording system and more of a protection system against external stimuli.

Perception is less of a recording system and more of a protection system against external stimuli.

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

Two hallmarks of a healthy life are the abilities to love and to work. Each requires imagination.

Two hallmarks of a healthy life are the abilities to love and to work. Each requires imagination.

Conservatism, however, is too often a welcome excuse for lazy minds, loath to adapt themselves to fast changing conditions.

Conservatism, however, is too often a welcome excuse for lazy minds, loath to adapt themselves to fast changing conditions.

Were we fully to understand the reasons for other people's behavior, it would all make sense.

Were we fully to understand the reasons for other people's behavior, it would all make sense.

How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.

How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.

One must learn to give up momentary, uncertain and destructive pleasure for delayed, restrained, but dependable pleasure.

One must learn to give up momentary, uncertain and destructive pleasure for delayed, restrained, but dependable pleasure.

If it's not one thing, it's your mother.

If it's not one thing, it's your mother.