Sigmund Freud

"Rationalization is the most common defense mechanism."

"The unconscious never forgets."

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

"Accidents are not really accidents but wishes."

"The voice within each of us knows the truth."

"Projection is seeing in others what we cannot see in ourselves."

"The analyst must have the tolerance of a saint."

"Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes."

"The future is already determined by the past."

"Homosexuality is a variation of the sexual instinct not a perversion."

"The id knows only the logic of desire."

"Words have a magical power; they can bring either the greatest healing or the deepest pain."

"Conscience is a social institution, not an inborn trait."

"The healthy mind is one that can contain contradictions."

"Forgetting is a mercy of the unconscious mind."

"The child's imagination is the seed of adult creativity."

"Addiction is the ultimate form of displacement."

"The past is not truly past if it remains unexamined."

"Phobias are condensed fears serving a purpose."

"The analyst's job is to make the unconscious conscious."

"Denial is the mind's first line of defense."

"The human soul craves meaning above all else."

"Regression occurs when the psyche retreats to earlier stages."

"Society represses our deepest instincts for civilization."

"The shadow self contains all we deny about ourselves."

"Sublimation transforms base drives into noble pursuits."

"The talking cure relies on the power of articulation."

"Trauma leaves invisible scars on the psyche."

"The human mind seeks patterns even where none exist."

"Empathy is the foundation of all understanding."