Civilization is a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is to combine single human individuals, and after that families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity, the unity of mankind. Why this has to happen, we do not know; the work of Eros is precisely this

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Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock

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

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

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A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror

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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

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A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence

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Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complain when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces

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What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult

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

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