“Psychoanalysis is a terribly efficient instrument, and because it is m...” — Jacques Lacan Quote

“Psychoanalysis is a terribly efficient instrument, and because it is more and more a prestigious instrument, we run the risk of using it with a purpose for which it was not made for, and in this way we may degrade it.”

“Yet, analytical truth is not as mysterious, or as secret, so as to not allow us to see that people with a talent for directing consciences see truth rise spontaneously.”

“Writings scatter to the winds blank checks in an insane charge. And were they not such flying leaves, there would be no purloined letters.”

“The past has been glorified so much that we resist any change at all for fear that it will degrade traditions but in doing so we have stopped the game from progressing forward.”

“The Italian culture and values have significantly shaped who I am, and I would never intentionally demean or degrade the very culture that has been so integral to my life.”

“There are those women who degrade the name of women, and there are men who degrade the name of women. But for the most part, we can't live without them.”