The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.

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.

He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.

Sadism is all right in its place, but it should be directed to proper ends.

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

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