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

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

"I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at al…"

"The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization."

"One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."