Sigmund Freud

Where id was, there shall ego be.

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.

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.

The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief.

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

The goal of all life is death.

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.

Civilization has little to fear from educated people and brain-workers. In them the replacement of religious motives for civilized behaviours by other, secular motives, would proceed unobtrusively. . . .

The ego is not master in its own house.

Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.