America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

Quote by Sigmund Freud

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Mistakes Quotes

Much of our highly valued cultural heritage has been acquired at the cost of sexuality

Much of our highly valued cultural heritage has been acquired at the cost of sexuality

We have to distinguish two classes of instincts, one of which, the sexual instincts or...

We have to distinguish two classes of instincts, one of which, the sexual instincts or...

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when...

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when...

Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.

Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.

Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home.

Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home.

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced...

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced...

A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a...

A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a...

Where id was, there ego shall be.

Where id was, there ego shall be.

The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and...

The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and...

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's...

Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's...

If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not...

If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not...

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...

What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now...

What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now...

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of...

The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of...

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.

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy...

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy...

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been...

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been...