Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the psychic activity of man

Quote by Sigmund Freud

Topics: Belief Quotes, Devil Quotes, God Quotes

Love and work... work and love, that's all there is.

Love and work... work and love, that's all there is.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

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...

Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis

Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

The ego is not master in its own house.

The ego is not master in its own house.

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...

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on...

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on...

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...

We must not allow ourselves to be deflected by the feminists who are anxious to...

We must not allow ourselves to be deflected by the feminists who are anxious to...

Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one...

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one...

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...

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of...

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of...

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...

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no...

He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no...

Those who love fairy-tales do not like it when people speak of the innate tendencies...

Those who love fairy-tales do not like it when people speak of the innate tendencies...

The analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which...

The analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which...

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.