Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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A woman should soften but not weaken a man

A woman should soften but not weaken a man

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...

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

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

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

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...

One is very crazy when in love.

One is very crazy when in love.

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...

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 liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there...

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there...

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

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

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...

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom...

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom...

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.

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the...

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the...

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...

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

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...

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of...

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of...

You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a...

You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a...

I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But...

I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But...