Sublimation of instinct is an especially conspicuous feature of cultural development; it is what makes it possible for higher psychical activities, scientific, artistic or ideological, to play such an important part in civilized life. If one were to yield to…

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.

Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.

The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the...

The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the...

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls...

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls...

Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.

Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls...

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls...

A woman should soften but not weaken a man

A woman should soften but not weaken a man

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

If you can't do it, give up!

If you can't do it, give up!

The goal of all life is death.

The goal of all life is death.

The ego is not master in its own house.

The ego is not master in its own house.

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

Religious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture:...

Religious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture:...

We hate the criminal and deal severely with him, because we view in his deeds...

We hate the criminal and deal severely with him, because we view in his deeds...

A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them...

A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them...

The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is...

The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is...

The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious.

The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the...

The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the...

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

Nobody can know what knowledge really is without truth.

Nobody can know what knowledge really is without truth.