Sigmund Freud quotes - page 4

The poets and philosophers before me discovered the unconscious; what I discovered was the scientific method by which the unconscious can be studied. (Sigmund Freud)
The ego represents what we call reason and sanity, in contrast to the id which contains the passions. View quote
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It is easy to see that the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world. View quote
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I do not doubt that it would be easier for fate to take away your suffering than it would for me. But you will see for yourself that much has been gained if we succeed in turning your hysterical misery into common unhappiness. View quote
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If the truth of religious doctrines is dependent on an inner experience that bears witness to the truth, what is one to make of the many people who do not have that experience? View quote
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A poor girl may have an illusion that a prince will come and fetch her home. It is possible, some such cases have occurred. That the Messiah will come and found a golden age is much less probable. View quote
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The Mosaic religion had been a Father religion; Christianity became a Son religion. The old God, the Father, took second place; Christ, the Son, stood in His stead, just as in those dark times every son had longed to do. View quote
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At bottom God is nothing more than an exalted father. View quote
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Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation, it cannot be classified as an illness. View quote
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A man's heterosexuality will not put up with any homosexuality, and vice versa. View quote
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In some place in my soul, in a very hidden corner, I am a fanatical Jew. I am very much astonished to discover myself as such in spite of all efforts to be unprejudiced and impartial. What can I do against it at my age? (Sigmund Freud)
The most complicated achievements of thought are possible without the assistance of consciousness. View quote
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I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. View quote
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He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore. View quote
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The sexual wishes in regard to the mother become more intense and the father is perceived as an obstacle to the; this gives rise to the Oedipus complex. View quote
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It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement - that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life. View quote
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Life as we find it is too hard for us; it entails too much pain, too many disappointments, impossible tasks. We cannot do without palliative remedies. View quote
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Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world, which we have developed inside us as a result of biological and psychological necessities. View quote
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He does not believe that does not live according to his belief . View quote
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Woe to you, my Princess, when I come... you shall see who is the stronger, a gentle little girl who doesn't eat enough or a big wild man who has cocaine in his body. View quote
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The time comes when each one of us has to give up as illusions the expectations which, in his youth, he pinned upon his fellow-men, and when he may learn how much difficulty and pain has been added to his life by their ill-will. (Sigmund Freud)
The only bodily organ which is really regarded as inferior is the atrophied penis, a girl's clitoris. View quote
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This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever. View quote
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Poets are masters of us ordinary men, in knowledge of the mind, because they drink at streams which we have not yet made accessible to science. View quote
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One thing only do I know for certain and that is that man's judgments of value follow directly his wishes for happiness-that, accordingly, they are an attempt to support his illusions with arguments. [p.111]. View quote
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