Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them...

A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them...

It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too

It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too

The goal of all life is death.

The goal of all life is death.

Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.

Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.

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...

Anxiety in children is originally nothing other than an expression of the fact they are...

Anxiety in children is originally nothing other than an expression of the fact they are...

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...

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

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...

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.

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one...

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one...

Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it...

Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it...

If you can't do it, give up!

If you can't do it, give up!

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...

Anatomy is destiny.

Anatomy is destiny.

Where id was, there ego shall be.

Where id was, there ego shall be.

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to...

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to...

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 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...