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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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...

Anatomy is destiny.

Anatomy is destiny.

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...

One is very crazy when in love.

One is very crazy when in love.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

We have to distinguish two classes of instincts, one of which, the sexual instincts or...

We have to distinguish two classes of instincts, one of which, the sexual instincts or...

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

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

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...

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 act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and...

The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and...

The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities...

The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose,...

We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose,...

Sublimation of instinct is an especially conspicuous feature of cultural development; it is what makes...

Sublimation of instinct is an especially conspicuous feature of cultural development; it is what makes...

Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event.

Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event.

Sometimes, if you want to change a man's mind, you have to change the mind...

Sometimes, if you want to change a man's mind, you have to change the mind...