Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

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.

It seems to be my fate to discover only the obvious: that children have sexual feelings, which every nurse maid knows; and that the night dreams are just as much a wish fulfillment as day dreams.

When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature

Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home.

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.