"The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious."

"The great task of life is to unite the conscious with the unconscious."

"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…"

"What is common in all these situations is the use of the unconscious as a means of communication."

"The more the parents of a child are themselves involved in neurotic conflicts, the more likely it is that they will seek to resolve these conflicts through their child."