If there are quarrels between the parents or if their marriage is unhappy, the ground will be prepared in their children for the severest predisposition to a disturbance of sexual development or to neurotic illness.

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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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...

The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the...

The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the...

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in...

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in...

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...

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 man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the...

A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Neither in my private life nor in my writings, have I ever made a secret...

Neither in my private life nor in my writings, have I ever made a secret...

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...

When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider...

When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider...

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...

The ego is not master in its own house.

The ego is not master in its own house.

Being extremely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Being extremely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

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

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

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

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

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...