When the wayfarer whistles in the dark, he may be disavowing his timidity, but he does not see any the more clearly for doing so.[Wenn der Wanderer in der Dunkelheit singt, verleugnet er seine Ängstlichkeit, aber er sieht darum um nichts heller.]
Source:The Problem of Anxiety (1925), (W. W. Norton, ed. 1936), Chapter II. Symptom Formation, Page 23