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

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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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...

I have yet not been able to answer the great question that has never been...

I have yet not been able to answer the great question that has never been...

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

If you can't do it, give up!

If you can't do it, give up!

Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what...

Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what...

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.

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...

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to...

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to...

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

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...

America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it...

America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it...

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.

Psychoanalysis is for hysterical pathological cases, not for silly rich American women who should be...

Psychoanalysis is for hysterical pathological cases, not for silly rich American women who should be...

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...

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Where id was, there ego shall be.

Where id was, there ego shall be.

The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling...

The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling...