From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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A great part of the pleasure of travel lies in the fulfillment of early wishes...

A great part of the pleasure of travel lies in the fulfillment of early wishes...

Like the physical, the psychical is not necessarily in reality what it appears to us...

Like the physical, the psychical is not necessarily in reality what it appears to us...

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

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

Where id was, there ego shall be.

Where id was, there ego shall be.

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...

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are...

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are...

The ego is not master in its own house.

The ego is not master in its own house.

The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them...

The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them...

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...

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...

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

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...

We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life...

We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life...

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.

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...

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...

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of...

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of...

The word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

The word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work.

Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work.