Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on all his auxiliary organs, he is truly magnificent; but those organs have not grown on him and they still give him much trouble at times.

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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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...

The ego is not master in its own house.

The ego is not master in its own house.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

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...

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...

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...

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation...

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation...

We hate the criminal and deal severely with him, because we view in his deeds...

We hate the criminal and deal severely with him, because we view in his deeds...

If you can't do it, give up!

If you can't do it, give up!

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.

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.

He does not believe that does not live according to his belief .

He does not believe that does not live according to his belief .

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive...

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive...

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

The greater part of progress is the desire for progress

The greater part of progress is the desire for progress