Work and love - these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.
Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.
The repressed memory is like a noisy intruder being thrown out of the concert hall. You can throw him out, but he will bang on the door and continue to disturb the concert. The analyst opens the door and says, If you promise to behave yourself, you can come back in.
In our civilization men are afraid they will not be men enough, and women are afraid they might be considered only women.
Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men.
In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.