Freud letter to Goetz Excerpt
“What I have been saying to you just now is not at all scientific and it has done me good to play with ideas a bit, instead of continually imposing a strict discipline on myself. The serious business of your life will be in a totally different sphere, and your good conscience will be of a different kind. The main thing is never to lose heart. And never have yourself analysed. Write good poetry, if it is in your power to do so, but don’t become shut in on yourself or hide yourself away. One always stands naked before God: that is the only prayer we can still offer.”